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Woburn Sands maps
Historic maps of Woburn Sands and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Woburn Sands maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of Buckinghamshire
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Woburn Sands 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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Memories of Woburn Sands
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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
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
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
I lived at the family home at the Three Locks, which was about one mile out of Stoke Hammond. Every Sunday from around five years of age, I walked to St Luke's Parish Church, Stoke Hammond to attend Sunday School. In later years I was the Sunday School teacher for a time. I was also confirmed here.
Along with my... [more]
Shared on 25 April 2008
Extracts From Woburn Sands & Buckinghamshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Woburn Sands, inspired by Frith photos.
North Buckinghamshire Photographic Memories
Woburn Sands, right on the Bedfordshire border and bleeding across it, grew up when the railway arrived in 1846; its delightful station in Tudor cottage style is on the Bedford to Bletchley junction line. This view looks along the High Street, with Hardwick Road to the left. The war memorial-cum-clock tower has been relocated away from the more recent roundabouts at the junction to... [more]
This is an extract from North Buckinghamshire Photographic Memories.
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North Buckinghamshire Photographic Memories
Further north along the High Street, the photographer looks past the junction with Vicarage Street past a jumble of piecemeal development, mostly late 19th-century small shops. The post office is still in the right-hand building. The brick wall on the left encloses the grounds of Shelton House, the best building in the village, a late 18th- century brick house predating Woburn Sands' arrival; it is now offices.
This is an extract from North Buckinghamshire Photographic Memories.
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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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