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- 3 photos on Wareside appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Wareside
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Memories of the Red Lion
I was born in 1966 and lived in the Red Lion. My dad and mum were married in 1961. My dad lived in the village all his life, moving to the Red Lion on his marriage. My dad was formerly of Temperance Hall, down the road from the village stores.
Mum and Dad lived in the Red Lion in one room for several months before Dad had renovated it to be liveable. The Red Lion has a circular stair case which runs from the celler to the lounge then on to the second floor then on to the attic which was renovated in 1978ish when Dad also rebuilt the chimney on the back of the property, adding a twist to it.
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Contributed by amanda shaw
Visits to Wareside 1964 - present
My dad was born at Hillside Cottages in Wareside in 1929 (I think). I remember visiting my Grandmother there up until she moved to Ware round about 1978/9. She lived in the house with the "Hillside Cottages" sign on the front. I remember going to visit every Saturday afternoon. The front garden was a typical cottage garden where I would collect seeds in summer from the flowers and there was a huge apple tree in the back garden that dad would prune and we 3 children would climb to collect apples. There was also a well on one side that we were always told to say away from. One of my favourite pastimes was making "mud pies" using the earth from ...read more here
Contributed by Sandra Penstone-Smith
Hertfordshire memories
Memories of the Red Lion
I was born in 1966 and lived in the Red Lion. My dad and mum were married in 1961. My dad lived in the village all his life, moving to the Red Lion on his marriage. My dad was formerly of Temperance Hall, down the road from the village stores.
Mum and Dad lived in the Red Lion in one room for several months before Dad had renovated it to be liveable. The Red Lion has a circular stair case which runs from the celler to the lounge then on to the second floor then on to the attic which was renovated in 1978ish when Dad also rebuilt the chimney on the back of the property, adding a twist to it.
read more here
A memory of Wareside contributed by amanda shaw
Visits to Wareside 1964 - present
My dad was born at Hillside Cottages in Wareside in 1929 (I think). I remember visiting my Grandmother there up until she moved to Ware round about 1978/9. She lived in the house with the "Hillside Cottages" sign on the front. I remember going to visit every Saturday afternoon. The front garden was a typical cottage garden where I would collect seeds in summer from the flowers and there was a huge apple tree in the back garden that dad would prune and we 3 children would climb to collect apples. There was also a well on one side that we were always told to say away from. One of my favourite pastimes was making "mud pies" using the earth from ...read more here
A memory of Wareside contributed by Sandra Penstone-Smith
Extracts From Wareside & Hertfordshire books
These houses, built in 1933, are called Coanwood Cottages. They face onto the road leading to Wareside village centre. The van (right) is driving down Fanhams' Hall Lane from Ware, and may be about to turn left past Appleton Farm and Baker's End. The ditch on the right drains across the road into the delightfully named Nimney Bourne near Holy Trinity church just behind the photographer.
An extract from from"North and East Hertfordshire Photographic Memories".
So often forgotten by travellers through Hertfordshire, Wareside is one of the county’s prettiest villages. Situated on the uplands to the south of the River Ash, it straddles the B1004 road between Much Hadham and Ware. Up to the time of Dr Beeching’s ‘axe’, its station at nearby Mardock was served by the single track Buntingford Branch railway line which also ran through the villages of Widford, Hadham, Standon, Braughing and Westmill. Frith’s photographer captured views of all these communities, and it seems likely that he rode on the line during his photograph forays. It is said that in the late 1800s Wareside boasted seven public houses; the White Horse and its sister, the Chequers, were the sole survivors in 1955.
An extract from from"Hertfordshire Living Memories".
Wareside is known by locals as the Treacle Mines! Philpot's General Stores was also used as a slaughterhouse until the early 1950s, when it became the post office. It closed in 1990, and for a short while was an antiques shop which only opened on Friday afternoons. The property is now a private residence. It is said that in 1834, the building was used as an elementary school under the will of Humphrey Spencer; in his will of 1633, he left £100 to educate four poor children in reading and writing. On the opposite side of the road is the Chequers public house. It dates from the 16th century, and was originally the Chequers and Punch Bowl. At the end of the 19th century, Wareside boasted seven public houses.
An extract from from"North and East Hertfordshire Photographic Memories".
In 1901, Hermitage Road was a pleasant, open avenue. The building on the left in view
46642, left, is the Hermitage, home of Frederick Seebohm; very little of it still remains.
Windmill Hill is just visible in the background.
An extract from from"Hitchin Town and City Memories".
A view of St Marys church in 1931, with the War Memorial in the foreground. In 1752, the Rewd William Cole wrote that the tower was `one of the most clumsy and heavy ones I ever saw`. Perhaps `solid` is a kinder description.
An extract from from"Hitchin Town and City Memories".