Turvey, The Three Cranes Hotel c.1950
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Off a northward loop from the main road is the Three Cranes, again in the estate style with some leaded windows and some timber framing. Beyond is the stables and coach-house, stone fronted to the road with medieval-style buttresses and with brick side elevations. To the right, out of picture, is the drive to Turvey House; further right is the parish church, over-restored but with a superb 16th-century collection of Mordaunt family monuments.

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A Selection of Memories from Turvey

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Turvey Abbey was owned in those days by Rupert Allen who owned an engineering factory in Bedford. My father was employed on the estate as gardener/general factotum (and was paid a pittance for the privilege). The Abbey had a few cows, pigs, geese and chickens. It was often my job to go out at dusk to shut up the chickens to stop the foxes getting them. I remember it was quite spooky as it got dark (I ...see more
I remember fishing for endless hours just about the spot shown in the photograph. There were many perch there and on one occasion I caught a fair sized pike. Just upstream from this location was a sort of peninsular accessed by climbing down steps set in the wall of Turvey Bridge. This was called Sam's Island for some reason. Brings back many happy memories of over half a century ago!!