Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire
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Historic maps of Fenny Stratford and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Fenny Stratford maps
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Fenny Stratford 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 Fenny Stratford
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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
Buckinghamshire memories
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
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.
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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 Fenny Stratford & Buckinghamshire books
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Milton Keynes - A History & Celebration
Jean Raiders recalled the impact the brick industry made on her relatives in the early 20th century: 'Employed as a bricklayer by several local builders, my grandfather, Frank Howard, worked on the re-building of the Swan, and the building of the Town Hall and Rhondda and Ropley Houses.
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Milton Keynes - A History & Celebration
MILTON KEYNES'S first known resident once swam around in the area now known as Caldecotte Lake. With his huge eyes, elongated mouth and sharp teeth he was not a pretty sight; but his four-metre (thirteen feet) length, his dolphin-like fins and streamlined shape made him a fearsome and most effective hunter. Fish, octopus and mammals unfortunate enough to be swimming too close would meet a swift end in his massive jaws.... [more]
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Milton Keynes - A History & Celebration
Boudicca's Last Stand The Roman-built Watling Street (the A5) has been a vital artery from London to Chester for 2,000 years. Eight metres wide and elevated in towns - their 'High' Streets - it was the route that Queen Boudicca (or Boadicea) took in AD 60 to her final battle with the Roman Governor of Britain, Suetonius Paulinus. As queen of the Essex Iceni, she was... [more]
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