Nostalgic memories of Kington St Michael's local history

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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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My uncle, Stanley Lee, owned the row of cottages called "Folly Row", and he let us rent the first in the row, number 19. This was our first married home and we were very thrilled to have a house to ourselves, as many of our married friends were unable to find anywhere to live and had to stay with parents. There was no electricity or water or main drainage at first, but we had a huge garden and wonderful ...see more
Ggg.grandad Worthy Tanner lived here in 1881 with his wife, Elizabeth and grandson Alfred Tanner. Worthy was born at Langley Burrell in 1804 and was an agricultural labourer all his working life. It seems that the Tanner name originated from this area back to 1566.