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Historic maps of Bletchley and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Bletchley maps
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Bletchley books
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Buckinghamshire Photographic Memories
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Amersham, Chesham And Rickmansworth Photographic Memories
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Aylesbury Photographic Memories
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Memories of Bletchley
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I can't see what all the fuss is about, about having an 'inland seaside', its a bit 'old hat'! US LOCALS had a real one, well over 50 years ago, it was great, wherever you dug there was almost pure white sand, where was it? BEACON LAKE, we used to swim or just walk across to a lovely clean 'beach'. You... [more]
Shared on 25 July 2009
When I was 15 I left Bletchley Road Secondary Modern, and went to work at MOSSES, in Fenny Stratford, I thought it was great to earn £3. a week, I done a lot with that, I used to go to lots of 'dances' a week, there was the PALACE at Wolverton, twice a week, MURSLEY village on a Friday, WILTON HALL,... [more]
Shared on 23 July 2009
During the Second World War my gran owned a grocery shop at 7 Stoke Road, Water Eaton and my grandad used to take a barrow round the streets selling slabs of salt. I remember looking out of my window (at about 3 or 4 years old)and watching the foxhounds meet on the green, it was a bit scary for me being... [more]
Shared on 11 June 2009
Buckinghamshire memories
I was born at number 8 Woodbine Terrace; in attendance was nurse Brinklow the local midwife and Dr Gleeve. My parents were Jim and Vera Cusack.
Just after the begining of the war my mother, sister and grandparents moved to Fenny Stratford to be near my auntie Doris (mother's sister) and to... [more]
Shared on 09 September 2009
When I was about 4 or 5 I moved from Water Eaton to Fenny. We lived with my gran, Mrs Gibson, in Church Street. We - my two brothers and myself, used to go to the Salvation Army Sunday School, we were only few doors away, and felt grown up walking the few yards away. I used to play the tambourine... [more]
Shared on 22 June 2009
I lived at the family home at the Three Locks, which was about one mile out of Stoke Hammond. Every Sunday from around five years of age, I walked to St Luke's Parish Church, Stoke Hammond to attend Sunday School. In later years I was the Sunday School teacher for a time. I was also confirmed here.
Along with my... [more]
Shared on 25 April 2008
I lived at the house just at the top of photo. The outbuildings can clearly be seen in the adjoining field to the family home. I spent all my childhood years playing with my brother and friends here. I used to love watching the working barges going through the locks. My grandfather kept the Three Locks (known then as The New... [more]
Shared on 25 April 2008
my roots from birth to 50years
2008 and this shop is still here. It has changed very little in looks. It was owned by the same family Bonner from my early memory of about 1950 for many years. Today it remains a post office/shop
Shared on 25 April 2008
Extracts From Bletchley & Buckinghamshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Bletchley, inspired by Frith photos.
Milton Keynes - A History & Celebration
Inn-keeping has long been a city area tradition. On one of Stony Stratford's first bridges over the River Great Ouse, Grilkes Inn had been operating since 1317, possibly the oldest alehouse in Buckinghamshire; and the Cross Keys (1475) and the Cock and the Bull (both 1480) became well known to seasoned travellers through the town, not least because of the fanciful 'cock and bull' stories told there. These stories might... [more]
This is an extract from Milton Keynes - A History & Celebration.
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North Buckinghamshire Photographic Memories
Just as in B439018, much has changed in this view. Central Park ran from Queensway to the back of Western Road, whose c1900 houses can be seen in the distance. In the 1950s it was a typical town centre park with seats, walks and flower beds, but all this changed when the Leisure Centre arrived in 1971-76, with its pyramidal pool building and large... [more]
This is an extract from North Buckinghamshire Photographic Memories.
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Now owned by the National Trust, Waddesdon Manor is a massive French chateau deposited on a windswept hilltop for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, famed for its superb porcelain collection, fittings salvaged from French chateaux, and other treasures. Rothschild used a French architect, the splendidly-named Hippolyte Alexandre Gabriel Walter Destailleur. The work took from 1877 to 1899, and was finished by Destailleur’s son, Andre. This view is of the wonderfully ornate and utterly French... [more]
This is an extract from Southern England.
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