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Forty Green maps
Historic maps of Forty Green and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Forty Green maps
Forty Green photos
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Beaconsfield| Tylers Green| Penn| Wooburn Green| Seer Green| Coleshill| Wooburn Town| Hedsor| Hazlemere| Bourne End| High Wycombe| Little Marlow| Amersham On The Hill| Chalfont St Giles| Cliveden| Little Missenden| Farnham Common| Chalfont St Peter| Amersham| Chalfont Common| Cookham| Hughenden Valley| Chesham Bois| Gerrards Cross| Burnham| Cookham Dean| Farnham Royal| Marlow| Little Chalfont| Stoke Poges
Forty Green area books
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The Friendly Pub
We used to live in the house opposite the Horse & Groom, it was called Yonder Cottage, I wonder if it is still there, it was a very friendly public house, and we spent many happy hours in the company of friends, which I will always remember.
The highlight of the week was the dance at the village hall, when the soldiers came from surrounding camps - we did'nt mind their boots! Happy days and fond memories!
Catching Newts
That building to the left with the little spire was my school when I was 11 in 1966. I have spent many hours catching newts in that pond in the foreground. It was partly surrounded by a brick and concrete wall and they would tuck themselves into little caves.
A Hundred Morris Dancers in The Village Hall at Tylers Green !
The villagers of Tylers Green got a shock on Saturday 12th November 2011 when more than one hundred Morris Dancers arrived for an intensive day of music and dance practice in their village hall. We came from all over the country to attend a workshop led by the two well known "sides" of Whitethorn Morris and Old Speckled Hen Morris.
This suburban village not far from High Wycombe boasts an immaculate willage hall with lovely new floors, furnishings and kitchens and it is really impressive. We filled their car park and overflowed into neighbouring roads as we arrived soon after 9 o'clock ready for a whole day of fun. Elizabeth and I came up from Devon and were pleased to meet so many friends there. Elizabeth danced and I went on stage and sat with the band to provide music for the day. Although no longer the band leader for Whitethorn Morris I was still familiar with most tunes of the common repertoire of Morris music. so... Read more
Totteridge in Buckinghamshire, Happy Times
We moved to High Wycombe just after the war when Dad came home and he went back to work for the London Transport at the bottom of Marlow Hill. We lived at first in Suffield Road and I went to the Church Of England School just off Suffield Road, then we moved to Ship Street and finally up to Cambridge Crescent in Totteridge and I went to Hatters Lane School from age 11 years. I also went to the Baptist Sunday School which was on the corner of Wingate Avenue and I have a group photo taken there. When I finally left school I worked at the Marsh Paper Mill as a Paper Sorter. Then when Murrays Shop was knocked down and Marks & Spencers was built I worked there for nearly 10 years until the family came along. My hubby worked in Georges Ironmongers in the Frogmoor and we then lived at Highfield Road in Booker, when the second child was due we moved up to back up to... Read more
My Grandad's House
My grandparents lived in the cottage on the right of the photo. I was evacuated there at the begining of the Second World War. It was then called Rose Cottage. My father was also born in Wooburn Green. I can also remember my grandfather living next to the Red Lion pub.
Our First Home
My husband and I have many fond memories of Wooburn Green. We bought our first home, Millstream House, on Glory Mill Lane, right opposite the Wiggins Teape paper mill. Our first child, Clare, was also born in Buckinghamshire at Burnham Beeches. We only stayed 2 years but got to know our neighbour, Lucy, really well. She used to tell us all about her working days at the mill. I enjoyed exploring the area and pushing Clare around in her pram.
We left Wooburn Green in 1975 and have lived in the United States ever since, first in Cleveland, Ohio, and now in Lexington, Kentucky.
Two of my Uncles Memorailzed on Obelisk at Wooburn Green
My grandfather was GM of Glory Mill in the early 1900s. My father and his siblings were raised in a house located on the grounds. There were four brothers and all served in the British Army in WWI. The oldest (called Harry) died in 1917 near Theassalonica and is buried there. Joe was the next to youngest brother. (My father was the youngest.) He died at the battle of the Somme in 1916. No remains were found.
My wife and I visited Wooburn Green some years ago and and went to the local pub for lunch. We talked with the owner who knew the Personnel Manager of the company. She dug out pay records of 1905 that had my grandfather's pay of five pounds for that week. By that time all the customers of the pub were gathered round and all agreed that was good pay in those days.
My father visited the States after the war to learn what the US was doing in paper making. He... Read more
