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My Favourite Bridge
I remember this bridge from when I was little and living in Higher Denham. We often walked into the village this way, past the lovely brick wall and past the hut where we got free orange juice after the war. My grandmother ran the pub, THE PLOUGH, which was up the road straight ahead in the photo. My brother once fell in the river near this bridge. We were in the tiny newsagent's shop in the village, and he went out the back door and fell into the river. It wasn't deep and he was soon fished out, but we still tease him about it! I took my children back to Denham (from Canada) a few years ago, and the same lady was running that tiny newsagent's shop. She seemed old when I was a child and must have been well into her 80's by the time we went back. I had been telling my children about her before we entered, and how she always told us to... Read more
Winch Gliding With my Father
My father, Edward Wyatt, spent every spare moment he could flying his glider at Denham airfield. We lived in Higher Denham and used to get taken to the airfield many a Sunday. I was 6 in 1953, and I recall the taste of the soup that was served in the canteen, and of course, the flights themselves. My brother, sister, and I were strapped into the back seat of the glider and off we would go, my father often insisting we take the controls. I remember the winch letting go as we would soar up to what seemed like the heavens. My dad also had a small plane, and would take us flying to high altitudes to help alleviate whooping cough (I think). We looped the loop and felt sure we would fall out of the open cockpit.....fond memories!!!! We are in Canada now, (since 1955), but my Dad passed away in 1983 and requested that he was to be buried back in Denham churchyard. This was where his heart... Read more
Growing up in Denham
I was born in 1938 but came to live in Denham in 1948. My dad was then the local Police Sergeant, Sid Smith and my mum, Hilda, was a member of the Mothers' Union and Women's Institute. I remember going to school on Cheapside Lane - Headmaster Entwhistle after Captain Thompson, Jack Rudman, Miss Martin, Miss Richardson - students Neville Johnson, Ann Seymour, Maureen Dyson, David Campling - so long ago. Being in the choir at St Mary's Church, doing the paper route from Valerie Evans' newsagents in the village, delivering the meat on Saturday mornings from the village butcher, working summers at Denham Garage on the A40. When Neville, David and I went off to Slough Technical School we still lived in Denham. I left for the RAF in 1957, then moved on to Bermuda and since 1966 have lived in Canada but have very fond memories of Denham - my formative years. Travelled back last in 1996 to visit the graves of my mum and dad at St... Read more
Whitethorn Morris Dance Outside The Denham Pubs
One fine Saturday in March 1982 I went along with my friends to play my piano accordian for the clog morris dancers of Whitethorn Morris.
The "side" were formed a few years earlier and I had been learning to play my accordian with them since 1979 and greatly enjoying myself as there aren't that many hobbies where you have to go to a pub!
On that day we went first to The Swan for an hour of music and dancing in the village road in front of the pub. Oh - and a pint of beer of course! Then we moved up the road to dance in front of The Swan to entertain there for the lunchtime drinkers. The dancers - including my wife Elizabeth - looked magnificent in their scarlet and blue kit plus shiny black clogs. I played a medley of polkas and jigs to get their feet tapping and we all had a great time. Although this event of almost thirty years ago is one... Read more
Whitethorn Morris Dance With The Flowers of May in Denham
Correct me if I am wrong but I think that this view shows the splendid canal side pub which I remember as "The Malt Shovel".
One fine evening in May 2004 the dancers from two Harrow based Morris sides met here and entertained a crowd of pub regulars and a few passing narrow boats on the Grand Union Canal. I was there with my piano accordian to lead the Whitethorn Band and I particularly remember this evening as for the very first time we had a banjo player, Terry, playing along with us. The second side to perform that evening was "The Flowers of May" - a long established side of women clog morris dancers who were first formed in the 1970's and from whom my own side "Whitethorn Morris" were susequently formed in 1977.
It was lovely to see the two sides performing together and also very convenient as while one side danced the other could go to the bar to replenish tankards of... Read more
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