Nostalgic memories of Askett's local history

Share your own memories of Askett and read what others have said

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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I am writing here to add a kind of memory, but also to ask for any information about a certain family connection to Askett. In January 1941 in Fulham, London, my mum's mother Ivy Shaw, died as a result of falling down the stairs during the blackout. My mum Jill Shaw, was only 16 months old at the time and was almost immediately given into the care of Miss Woods of Forbear House, Askett, Princes Risborough by her ...see more
My paternal family and descendants lived at the "Old Manor House" Askett for many years they were The Reading family my Great Grandfather Francis Reading was the last to live there on his death,well some years after actually the house/land was sold and now the houses in Old Manor Close stand there. I believe that a specimen beam from the house is now at Meade Farm. How I would have loved to sample the days in Askett ...see more
My g grandfather William Hester was born and brought up at Askett. Like his father and grandfather, he was a wheelwright. Fortunately for him there was insufficient work for all the family members to be employed as wheelwrights in the village so he set up practice in Princes Risborough. In this way he escaped the typhus epidemic of 1852-3 that killed the entire family remaining in the village. Those ...see more