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Pirton maps
Historic maps of Pirton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Pirton maps
Pirton photos
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Ickleford| Lower Stondon| Hitchin| Charlton| Henlow| Lilley| Arlesey| Shefford| Letchworth Garden City| Stotfold| Clophill| Norton| Stopsley| Flitton| Breachwood Green| Baldock| St Pauls Walden| Luton
Pirton area books
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Memories of Pirton
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Hertfordshire memories
Evacuation 1939 - 1945
I was evacuated with my elder brother from Dagenham, London in 1939 aged four. We went first to North Norfolk until Christmas 1939 then to Boxford near Newbury until 1942. As our father was posted to Henlow he managed to get us to Holwell at Church Farm, with Mr & Mrs Tott. We were not treated too well there and we then went to Ickleford at the far end of the village on the common towards Arlesly. We stayed with Mr & Mrs McClure but their son was missing in Burma and we became too much for Mrs McClure who was very upset, so we then came up to St Katherine's Cottages behind the church with Mr & Mrs Howie who were very kind to us. Mr Howie worked at the mill and every evening Mrs Howie would go a few doors down to the Plume and Feathers and bring back a bottle of stout for him to have with his meal. I went to the local village school but... Read more
Visiting
The lady in the centre of the photograph walking towards the camera is Mrs Kate Silsby my grandmother who lived at 8 Tilehouse Street. When this was taken we think she would have been walking to St Ippollytts to visit her daughter Mrs Babs Brown.
Man in Picture 1965
The white-haired man in the photograph, I believe, is my father John Neville. He was a police sergeant in Hitchin from 1941 until his retirement in the late '50s.
Car in The Churchyard
This car was parked in the Churchyard outside the provisions shop Halseys.
Queen Street
The road is called Queen Street and shows St Mary's Square on the left where the market was held on Tuesday and Saturday every week. Beyond that is Portmill Lane and the back of shops and offices at the top of Hermitage Road. On the immediate right is the Telephone Exchange.
Halsey's Delicatessen
Our grandparents used to visit Halsey's weekly from Old Stevenage to buy their provisions. Now I with my sister visit regularly especially as we love the new owners' Kirsty and Damien's Tea Room. We take our children for 'tea' there and they think it's a real treat! Christmas simply wouldn't be Christmas without our Christmas Pudding Coffee, and Wild Boar and Black Seal Rum Pate!
