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Childhood memories of my Aunt Claire and Uncle Jim Webster
I used to spend happy holidays with my aunt and uncle and cousin Barry who have all now sadly died. They used to own the bakers shop, and I can remember the delicious smell of baked bread and being able to have sweets and pop while watching the TV at night.
Contributed by margaret finnis
MY GRANDMOTHER
My grandmother was born in Tring in the late 1800s and was married in Tring Church on Christmas Day in 1909. Her grandfather was a very peculiar character and had to be taken to the village pump for his weekly wash and he used to sit on the wall to jeer at the churchgoers. He was known as Grampy Rodwell. Once a week free bread was given out and he always was the first in the queue and used to bag his loaf by poking the bread with his filthy hands. I loved hearing stories about him. My grandmother was in service and worked for The Roschilds as a cook. She was, apparently, the first woman in Tring to ride a ...read more here
Contributed by Christine Beddows
Tring Parish Church
My brother Colin Lyall was christened in this beautiful church at the end of the summer of 1963. My parents, Val and Frank emmigrated to South Africa in 1967, with 3 small children. Robert (Rob) Jane and Colin. I wonder if anyone remembers us. We lived in Fantail Lane. My grandparents Kitty and Bob Lyall lived at the top of Chrischurch Road. We would go to them after school while Mum was at work at the Co-op in Aylesbury. I would be interested to hear from anyone who knows us.
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Contributed by Jane McKinnon
Christmas Shopping Evenings in Tring
Tring hosts a lovely Christmas shopping evening each year when the High Street is decorated, the shop windows have illuminated Christmas displays and stay open late and the place is transformed into a fairyland of old-fashioned entertainment and street traders. There are hot chestnut vendors, roundabouts, fairground organs, traction engines, musicians and dancers.
The Whitethorn Morris dancers provided part of this entertainment along with the Whitethorn Band. The group is from Harrow but perform clog dances from the north-west of England to lively jigs and polkas played by the musicians. Our favourite spot to play and dance is the wide pavement in front of the church opposite the Rose and Crown. Handy for a traditional pint of beer ...read more here
Contributed by John Howard Norfolk
Childhood memory
I was 14 years old when I spent holidays with my cousins Tony and Ivy Webster, they have now both died and I remember them with much love.
Contributed by margaret finnis
Extracts From Tring & Hertfordshire books
The museum was erected in 1881 as a 21st birthday present for Walter Rothschild by his mother at a cost of £3300. It was designed by William Huckville, and built by the local builders J Honour & Sons; it replaced the original museum in a shed at the bottom of the garden! The museum was opened to the public in 1892, and attracted over 30,000 visitors each year. When Walter Rothschild died in 1939, the collection and museum were passed to the Natural History Museum, in whose possession they remain today.
An extract from from"Hertfordshire Living Memories".
It is thought that there has been a building on the site of the church since Roman times. A coin of Emperor Constantine, c337AD, was found on the site close to the line of the old Akeman Street and its crossing with the Icknield Way. The corbels on the arches of the nave are worth a close examination. They depict a pig wearing a friar’s cowl; a fox running off with a goose; and a monkey in a religious habit carrying a bottle in one hand and a book in the other. The church registers record the baptisms of a number of the early members of the family of George Washington, first President of the United States of America.
An extract from from"Hertfordshire Living Memories".
In the 18th century, during the coaching
era, Berkhamsted’s strategic position on the
old Akeman Street meant that the town
became a staging post on the road from
London to Aylesbury and the Midlands.
An extract from from"Berkhamsted - A History & Celebration".
For a number of years it had been
suggested that Berkhamsted School and
Berkhamsted Girls’ School should join
together, to the benefit of the children
from both schools. This had been resisted,
especially by Girls’ School parents. In 1996
the two schools came together with the
name of Berkhamsted Collegiate School,
and Dr Priscilla Chadwick was appointed as
first principal. Older residents still refer to
the Castle Street and Kings Road campuses
as the Boys’ and Girls’ Schools.
For the greater part of the century the
affairs of Berkhamsted had been governed
by the Berkhamsted Urban District Council
and the Berkhamsted Rural District
Council; the former was based in the Civic
Centre, opened in 1938, and the latter in
Boxwell House. With the local government
reorganisation in 1974 these bodies were
dissolved, and Berkhamsted became part
of Dacorum Council, based in Hemel
Hempstead. At first Berkhamsted was left
with only a parish council, but in 1976 this
became a town council with the right to
elect a mayor. This government from Hemel
Hempstead has been resented by many in
Berkhamsted, which jealously guards its
identity, and many of the ills of the latter
years have been placed, rightly or wrongly, at
the doors of Dacorum Borough Council.
This independent spirit was further shown
when a group of local citizens, feeling that the
existing Town Council did not represent the
wishes of the people of Berkhamsted, swept to
victory in the 1995 elections under the banner
of ‘Berkhamsted First’, taking the majority of
the fifteen seats. Lack of experience meant
that their control of the council was short-
lived, but it was a rude awakening for several
long-standing councillors.
An extract from from"Berkhamsted - A History & Celebration".
We are approaching the town centre. On the left is the Swan Inn, on the right is Graball Row.
as to make it easier to carry away stone from
the castle. In 1580 Elizabeth had leased Carey
the Manor of Berkhamsted, which included
the ruined castle and the deer park, at the
nominal rent of one red rose. Sir Edward
never lived in his new house in Berkhamsted,
preferring to live in Aldenham, so the house
was let to his brother Sir Adolphus Carey and
later to his son.
We cannot leave Berkhamsted Place without
mentioning the Great Barn at Castle Hill
Farm, the home farm of Berkhamsted Place.
The barn, probably 16th-century or earlier,
is a weather-boarded building with timber
framing - much of this original framing
survives. In recent years its condition has
deteriorated, but plans are afoot to convert it
into housing.
An extract from from"Berkhamsted - A History & Celebration".