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Grafton books (18 available)
Herefordshire Living Memories
Paperback
Worcestershire Photographic Memories
Paperback
Worcestershire Living Memories
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Grafton memories
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Herefordshire memories
The Stolen Baby
I was a soldier at Bradbury Lines when this happened.
The Father of the baby was our Troop Lieutenant ...Richard Vincent.
He was a lovely man and well liked by we boy soldiers.
We never saw him again....no doubt he was given a long spell of compassionate leave.
But 30 years or so later he had risen through the ranks to be Field Marshall Sir Richard Vincent and was in charge of NATO !
I have very fond memories of my three years in Hereford.....drinking scrumpy at sevenpence a pint.....boating on the river....we guarded the Queen when she visited in (about) 1957.....she was going to the Cathedral for some reason.
A memory of Hereford contributed by David Hutchinson
Boarding school
I went to the St Vincent's Convent as a boarder for a couple of years. Some of the photos I have seen I do recall. I now live in Australia and wonder what happen to the school and the convent. The School was St Francis of Xavier.
A memory of Hereford contributed by Paula Healy
Man on a bike
The man riding his bike in the foreground of the photo is my father, Albert William Smith, aged about 40. The building on the left is All Saints Church.
A memory of Hereford contributed by Coral Matthews
AN UNAPPRECIATED HISTORY
When you grow up in an ancient city such as Hereford and have really no other frame of reference you don't fully grasp the enormity of the depth of history that buildings such as Hereford Cathedral embodied. The Romans built this city !!! The Romans !! To European kids this 2000 year old history is everyday to them. I think you have to get away from it to be able to take it all in and my 40+ years in Canada and the USA gave me that perspective.
I wept in awe and wonder at my country's rich history when I took my 18 yr old son and 16 yr old daughter with me to Westminster Abbey in 2001.
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A memory of Hereford contributed by DYLAN RIVIS
Extracts From Grafton & Herefordshire books
Compare this
charming rural scene
with the photograph
taken in 1924 on
An extract from from"Worcester - A History and Celebration".
Within the vestry of the abbey at the south-west end are stained glass windows dating from 1928. They commemorate St Peter
and St Paul and four historical characters linked with Malmesbury`s past: Maildulph, St Aldhelm, William of Malmesbury, and
the monk Eilmer, whose at flight in the 11th century is recorded by the historian William of Malmesbury.
An extract from from"Worcester - A History and Celebration".
The war memorial
is built on the site of
the old weighbridge,
and was dedicated in
a ceremony held in
1921. The van parked
by the Gothic-style
Methodist church
(left) belongs to
W Redman & Sons,
the butchers, whose
premises are next
door to G H Handy, a
tobacconist`s, which
was once Westport
Post Office. The sign
over the shop front
by the window is
advertising cigarettes.
The premises returned
to being a sub-post
office in 1996.
An extract from from"Worcester - A History and Celebration".
An extract from from"Worcester - A History and Celebration".
This fine photograph of
Malmesbury Abbey was taken
from the north, with the abbey
mill buildings below. Just
below the abbey we can see the
extensive orchard which has now
become the Cloister Gardens.
Flowing under the charming
bridge in the foreground is the
River Avon; this tributary is
called the Tetbury Avon (it is also
known as the Newnton River
or the River Ingleburne). The
Malmesbury Branch Railway line
is situated to the east of the river
- the GWR eventually opened
this line, which was linked to the
Dauntsey Railway, in December
1877. Dauntsey station was
opened c1868.
An extract from from"Worcester - A History and Celebration".