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Simpson, Buckinghamshire
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Historic maps of Simpson and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Simpson maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of Buckinghamshire
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Simpson books
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Buckinghamshire Photographic Memories
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Amersham, Chesham And Rickmansworth Photographic Memories
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Aylesbury Photographic Memories
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Buckinghamshire memories
I was born at number 8 Woodbine Terrace; in attendance was nurse Brinklow the local midwife and Dr Gleeve. My parents were Jim and Vera Cusack.
Just after the begining of the war my mother, sister and grandparents moved to Fenny Stratford to be near my auntie Doris (mother's sister) and to... [more]
Shared on 09 September 2009
When I was about 4 or 5 I moved from Water Eaton to Fenny. We lived with my gran, Mrs Gibson, in Church Street. We - my two brothers and myself, used to go to the Salvation Army Sunday School, we were only few doors away, and felt grown up walking the few yards away. I used to play the tambourine... [more]
Shared on 22 June 2009
I can't see what all the fuss is about, about having an 'inland seaside', its a bit 'old hat'! US LOCALS had a real one, well over 50 years ago, it was great, wherever you dug there was almost pure white sand, where was it? BEACON LAKE, we used to swim or just walk across to a lovely clean 'beach'. You... [more]
Shared on 25 July 2009
When I was 15 I left Bletchley Road Secondary Modern, and went to work at MOSSES, in Fenny Stratford, I thought it was great to earn £3. a week, I done a lot with that, I used to go to lots of 'dances' a week, there was the PALACE at Wolverton, twice a week, MURSLEY village on a Friday, WILTON HALL,... [more]
Shared on 23 July 2009
During the Second World War my gran owned a grocery shop at 7 Stoke Road, Water Eaton and my grandad used to take a barrow round the streets selling slabs of salt. I remember looking out of my window (at about 3 or 4 years old)and watching the foxhounds meet on the green, it was a bit scary for me being... [more]
Shared on 11 June 2009
Daneswood Convalescent Home 1958/9
I was a pre - Nursing student at Daneswood for two years. I hailed from Bolton, Lancashire and it was my first time away from home and town. I fell in love with Woburn Sands and enjoyed my time at Daneswood, to this day I have lovely memories of the place and friends made there.
I have lived in Canada... [more]
Shared on 24 October 2008
I was born in NW London. My first visit to Woburn Sands was about 1950 when my Uncle Ted and Aunt Ada moved here. They lived at the 'Dene' Aspley Hill. Aunt Ada did the housework for Mrs Russell the owner of the 'Dene' and my uncle drove a lorry for Marston Bricks. My school holidays were spent here cycling around... [more]
Shared on 19 September 2006
Where the name Heelands orginated
I was told a tale by Mrs Lester of Bradwell Village that one day the lord of Bradwell Manor had visitors from Scotland staying, and early one morning as they looked out of their bedroom window and looked across the fields towards Heelands they remarked how much the scenery reminded them of home and the Hi'glands, and this is how the... [more]
Shared on 26 September 2009
Extracts From Simpson & Buckinghamshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Simpson, inspired by Frith photos.
North Buckinghamshire Photographic Memories
This view looks north to the thatched cottages, Nos 456 and 458. They were originally built as one farmhouse in the 15th century, and incorporate a cruck frame (we can see the timber-framing of the gable elevation); but the fronts are now in 19th-century brick. Beyond is a thatched barn, now converted into a house, Orchard Barn. The other two houses are now much changed, with extensions and modern windows.
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North Buckinghamshire Photographic Memories
Back in the new city of Milton Keynes, Simpson is one of the villages it engulfed; but it is conserved within its boundaries. About two miles north of Bletchley, with the Grand Union Canal passing to its west and the River Ouzel to its right, Simpson has a number of old cottages and many new city houses and estates. This view looks south down the main street towards the church of... [more]
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Milton Keynes - A History & Celebration
Jean Raiders recalled the impact the brick industry made on her relatives in the early 20th century: 'Employed as a bricklayer by several local builders, my grandfather, Frank Howard, worked on the re-building of the Swan, and the building of the Town Hall and Rhondda and Ropley Houses.
This is an extract from Milton Keynes - A History & Celebration.
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