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15 Brereton Road Handforth
The Greyhound on Wimslow Road was one of my favorite places as a child of 6-7 years of age. In 1939, I would often be lucky and as I came over the Railway Bridge from 15 Brereton Road, and after having an ice cream cone ...Read more
A memory of Handforth in 1930 by
A Great Childhood
I've got such fond memories of my mum pushing me up and down Daccombe in the pram and putting me on the horses at Henry Fogwell's farm where she kept her horse Danny. There were a lot of horses down there at one time and everyone ...Read more
A memory of Daccombe in 1975 by
Bishop Wordsworth's School In The 1960s
I attended Bishop Wordsworth's School between 1964 and 1967 arriving when I was 14. I had previously gone to a very prestigious grammar school in north London which in fact was awful. Discipline was non-existent, ...Read more
A memory of Salisbury by
Babbacombe In The 1950s 60s
I grew up in Babbacombe in the 1950s and 60s and it was such a friendly busy place with the local shops Stephens and Bowdens the two greengrocers, Canns the fishmongers, the butchers and of course the fish and chip shop ...Read more
A memory of Babbacombe in 1959 by
Bowdens Cafe
The second building down on the right was Bowdens Cafe (now Fox Tor Cafe).....My Grandparents, George and Clare Moss had the cafe from 1946 and my parents took over in 1958 Eric and Clare Cragg....My Grandparents then moved to Duchy ...Read more
A memory of Princetown in 1955 by
Childhood Memories
My sister Margaret and I would walk from our "Yarford Cottage "through the US army camp at Tetton Park on our way to school which was then next to the church. Charlie Barrett was the game keeper, Captain and Mrs Pawson ...Read more
A memory of Kingston St Mary in 1943 by
Clare School
I was at Clare School in the latter part of the fifties and recently visited East Coker and was unable to find the school. Mr H T Bowden started the school. What has happened to the old building?
A memory of East Coker in 1957 by
Clare School, I Was There...........
The summer of this year, I left Clare School at Brympton after spending a few years there. The house was an extension, but for older boys, of Clare school at East Coker Court. Clare School opened to just a few of ...Read more
A memory of Brympton D'Evercy in 1961 by
Dummers Lived At Bowden Hill Lacock For 400 Years
I recently visited Lacock and Bowden Hill searching for information about our Dummer family. We searched in the churchyards of St Annes at Bowden Hill and at St Cyriacs in Lacock but most of the ...Read more
A memory of Lacock
Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which was ...Read more
A memory of Dunsmore by
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It was here in 1926 that the then owner of the hotel, Mrs Scott-Bowden, organised a cricket festival for women – and so founded the National Women's Cricket Association.
This view looks north-east towards Bowden Hill.
This view looks north-east towards Bowden Hill.
Local firms included John Bowden's yard, which was active between 1877 and 1905 -it can be seen in the background of this picture; Richard Kitto (later Kitto & Sons) was in business from 1864 to c1904
The founder of the firm was Arthur Bowden who began selling door-to-door from a horse and trap.
When the Queen opened the Ashley Centre, the first shop to meet her eye was Lester Bowden the tailors, an Epsom firm that goes back to 1898.
