Kington
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Map of Herefordshire
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Kington books (17 available)
Herefordshire Living Memories
Paperback
Worcestershire Photographic Memories
Paperback
Worcestershire Living Memories
Paperback
Kington memories
Read and share memories of Kington and Herefordshire inspired by Frith photos
Gwendoline Langston
This photo shows my grandmother, Gwen Langston (1891 - 1963), with Mickey who was an Irish Terrier.
Contributed by Peter Harding-Roberts
Before school
Mr & Mrs Potter managed Bon March shop and they had two young boys, Robert and Edmond. My mum, Edna Griffiths, helped to look after the children and, being pre-school age, I used to go along with her. Mrs Potter used to bring us pasties from Jones' Bakery (where the Chinese takeaway is now).
On the way home we used to collect paraffin from Dowlings (where Tom Bounds is now) and sweets from Kate Teagle in Church Street (where Jane's sewing is now).
How I would love to be able to squeeze into the photo and have a nostalgic look around. Happy days.
Contributed by Avril Layton-Morris
Herefordshire memories
Gwendoline Langston
This photo shows my grandmother, Gwen Langston (1891 - 1963), with Mickey who was an Irish Terrier.
A memory of Kington contributed by Peter Harding-Roberts
Before school
Mr & Mrs Potter managed Bon March shop and they had two young boys, Robert and Edmond. My mum, Edna Griffiths, helped to look after the children and, being pre-school age, I used to go along with her. Mrs Potter used to bring us pasties from Jones' Bakery (where the Chinese takeaway is now).
On the way home we used to collect paraffin from Dowlings (where Tom Bounds is now) and sweets from Kate Teagle in Church Street (where Jane's sewing is now).
How I would love to be able to squeeze into the photo and have a nostalgic look around. Happy days.
A memory of Kington contributed by Avril Layton-Morris
Extracts From Kington & Herefordshire books
Kington was also once
described as having a ‘maze
of narrow streets … where
too many of the old houses
have been refronted, but
still have the attraction of a
wildly irregular skyline’.
There have been relatively
few changes here, one of
the best being that the
Imperial Café is now a
second hand bookshop
called Castle Hill Books.
An extract from from"Herefordshire Living Memories".
Kington was also once
described as having a ‘maze
of narrow streets … where
too many of the old houses
have been refronted, but
still have the attraction of a
wildly irregular skyline’.
There have been relatively
few changes here, one of
the best being that the
Imperial Café is now a
second hand bookshop
called Castle Hill Books.
An extract from from"Herefordshire Living Memories".
It was once said of
Kington that ‘if you
passed through at any
time other than on
Market Day you would
have seen the shops
open, and the houses
open, and a few persons
walking about the streets
with their eyes open; but
all the shops and the
houses and the people
therein were asleep …
(and) the quacking of a
duck could be heard
from one end to the other.
An extract from from"Herefordshire Living Memories".
Amongst the many hills that can be seen from the summit
of Bradnor Hill, Hergest Ridge lies towards the south west.
This is a name that will be familiar to fans of Mike Oldfield’s music
and it is easy to see how this countryside could inspire anyone.
An extract from from"Herefordshire Living Memories".
Amongst the many hills that can be seen from the summit
of Bradnor Hill, Hergest Ridge lies towards the south west.
This is a name that will be familiar to fans of Mike Oldfield’s music
and it is easy to see how this countryside could inspire anyone.
An extract from from"Herefordshire Living Memories".