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Whitney, the Church and Wye Valley c1955

Whitney, the Church and Wye Valley c1955
 
 

Whitney, the Church and Wye Valley c1955 Ref: w307307

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Whitney Church

Both my father and mother are buried at Whitney Churchyard. Father in 1969, Mother in 1999.

Shared on 19 December 2008 by Bernard Morris.

Photo of Kington, the Cross c1955

Kington, the Cross c1955
Ref: K98030

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Gwendoline Langston

This photo shows my grandmother, Gwen Langston (1891 - 1963), with Mickey who was an Irish Terrier.

Shared on 05 July 2008 by Peter Harding-Roberts.

Photo of Kington, High Street c1955

Kington, High Street c1955
Ref: K98047

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Before school

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.

Shared on 19 September 2006 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

Shared on 24 July 2007 by Carole Lidgold.

Visiting the Corner House

I visited Weobley in the late 60s as a child with my Mother to visit our Herefordshire cousins. We stayed with Mum's Great Uncle Fred (Frederick Hope) and his daughter, Mabel Hope. They lived at the Corner House and I think Mabel's brother, Rogers Hope, lived near by in Broad Street. We came from London and I remember opening a cupboard door in the house to find a staircase. Mabel kept little hens in the back garden, which I think were gleeny fowl, which were the first live chickens I ever encountered. She sent us back to London with a basket of fresh eggs. My Grandmother, Mary Hope, was born at Bearwood Farm, near Pembridge and I also remember visiting Harry Hope and his wfe Ruth who farmed at Lower Hardick. They lived in a beautiful black & white timbered farmhouse, and had an enormous Hereford bull in the yard. I was only ten or eleven years old and had never seen any thing like this hugh creature before. My Dad got to drive a tractor which was an experience. Everybody drove down the middle of the road, which I think meant we weren't used to narrow country lanes. Happy Days.

Shared on 14 October 2008 by Jane Dick.

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