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Gwendoline Langston

Kington, the Cross c1955

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

Kington, High Street c1955

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

Research - 1700s

I am looking for information about Sarnesfield in the 1700s and about the court house. Also, as I live in Canada and do not know much about the British law system, I would need to know how the courts operated in those years. What I need to know is about the size of the town, prominent citizens, marketplace and anything else you could tell me about Sarnesfield. Or where I could obtain this information.

This is for a story I am writing and Sarnesfield is the place the characters in my story lived in the 1700s.

Thank you for any help you can give me.

Carole M. Lidgold, Author
A memory of Sarnesfield contributed by Carole Lidgold

Mrs Price's tuck shop

I lived at Lucton in the late 1960s and remember buying sweets from the shop.
I vaguely remember a young girl staying there who we played with in the meadow. The Buttons Sandra mentions are probably the BUFTONS.
A memory of Lucton contributed by graham lloyd

Extracts From Lyonshall & Herefordshire books

Malmesbury, the Abbey c1955

Compare this charming rural scene with the photograph taken in 1924 on
An extract from from"Worcester - A History and Celebration".

Malmesbury, the Abbey c1960

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".

Malmesbury, War Memorial and Westport Post Office c1950

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".

Malmesbury, the River and Bridge c1960


An extract from from"Worcester - A History and Celebration".

Malmesbury, the Abbey 1924

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".