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One Day At A Time
A precised extract from the chapters in my biography relating to wartime evacuation, and particularly to Garnant. I stared morosely out of the window and watched the landscape slip by as the steam train chugged its way through ...Read more
A memory of Garnant in 1940 by
The Cheney Family Of Puncknowle
My great grandfather John Cheney, died in 1943. The Cheney family lived in Puncknowle for centuries and were blacksmiths. They originally came from Litton Cheney, a village nearby, in the sixteenth century, Sir ...Read more
A memory of Puncknowle in 1943 by
Pepper St.
I went to the school in the village until I was twelve, then I went to the Grammar School. I walked past the home every day and often wondered who lived there. I sometimes saw children in the grounds and adults. It was all a bit of a ...Read more
A memory of Lymm
The Crooked Spire
It's not just the church at Ermington which has a crooked spire.The village has a traditional village inn called 'The Crooked Spire'. It's not particularly pretty to look at from the outside as there is just a narrow pavement ...Read more
A memory of Ermington in 2012 by
School Days
We lived in Langrish village, but seeing there was no school there we had to take the public bus to East Meon School. I remember the first and last days at junior school in East Meon. The school building was made from local ...Read more
A memory of East Meon in 1950 by
Preist Brothers Upper Flat
I lived in the flat above Priest's Store and used to play out behind the garage. I went to the village two room school attached to the church, Mrs Stringer lived across the street. Her daughter was my ...Read more
A memory of Milton under Wychwood in 1955 by
Hilgay Village Shop
I attended Downham Market Grammar School between 1953 and 1956, when I left to start work. I lived at Fincham, but was a friend of Cedric Peto (whom we nickmamed Pedro). His parents kept the village shop and I used to visit them ...Read more
A memory of Hilgay in 1955 by
Top Of The High Street
The account by Anne Broomehead is partly correct but jumbled, having lived in Bovingdon since 1960 and worked for Mr Grainger as a paperboy, and knew Ted Gadd like an old "uncle", this is the correct version. The paper ...Read more
A memory of Bovingdon in 1965 by
Family Visits
I have many memories of visiting my Grandparents, George and Liza Ireland, who lived on the end of Major's Terrace, (I think it was called then) next door to the Crown and Anchor (now the Pottery). A particular fond memory is of ...Read more
A memory of Mosterton in 1949 by
Hillside Standon
My parents (Harold and Peggy Warden) bought Hillside (which was the miller's house, the mill fell down after the First World War) and moved my sister (Rosemary) and I from Surrey in April 1951, I was then 7 years old. Later that ...Read more
A memory of Standon in 1951 by
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Painswick is easily reached by travelling towards Stroud on the A46 from Brockworth. The winding roads give way to a picturesque village between Gloucester and Stroud.
This is in essence the same building today; it is now painted white and green, with bigger windows and no veranda, surrounded by the car park.
We are in the main part of the Hartings, nestling in the northern slopes of the Downs, on the pilgrims' route to Chichester.
Franklin's Stores looks busy - it is shaded from the bright sunshine. There is a little shade under the tree for those with time to contemplate life's (then) gentle flow.
The name of the 16th-century half-timbered Grantley Arms in the centre of the village reflects the former dominance of the family whose seat was at nearby Wonersh Park.
The village of Cranley originally took its name from the craneries at Baynards and Vachery to the south, but it was renamed Cranleigh in 1867 at the instigation of the Post Office because of confusion
The parish church of All Saints is unusually wide, with a tiny tower and high arched windows.
This is the village centre.
Great Easton lies in the south-east corner of the county, to the south of Eye Brook Reservoir, and to the north of industrial Corby, on the very edge of the Welland Valley.
The oak tree is regarded as the centre of the village. Formerly there was an annual fair supported by the landlord of the ancient Old George Inn (centre).
This is the village centre.
Although Queniborough is virtually a part of the outer edge of suburban Leicester, this photograph presents an almost chocolate-box view of the village.
The village of Muker, set toward the western end of the dale, dates back to 1274. After a chapel of ease was built here in 1580, the delightfully named Corpse Way gradually fell into disuse.
The ruins are seen from the village, above the Wicken Stream and Oliver Vye's Lane (bottom left).
Franklin's Stores looks busy - it is shaded from the bright sunshine. There is a little shade under the tree for those with time to contemplate life's (then) gentle flow.
This wonderfully atmospheric pub, now an Everards house, is photographed before the universal advent of lager and 'Kids Welcome'.
Cranham lies on the other side of Coopers Hill. It is a small village that today is located close to Prinknash Abbey, where monks still live and work.
The village sits high above the flood plain of the Medway. This peaceful scene shows the 14th-century five-arched ragstone bridge, which is considered by some to be the finest in the south-east.
The village was a Roman settlement with a tile works. It later became a centre for the iron industry with a furnace, a forge and a cannon foundry.
The villages of Turton and Turton Bottoms are next to the Tower.
Old Sally Spencer walks with her stick down the steep lane into Cheddar in 1908. In the background are the spectacular contours of Lion Rock.
Old Sally Spencer walks with her stick down the steep lane into Cheddar in 1908. In the background are the spectacular contours of Lion Rock.
The small Norman church at Great Amwell stands close to the New River and contains a memorial to Robert Mylne, one of the engineers to the New River Company.
The Chesterfield Canal, the Mother Drain and the River Idle all reach the River Trent at West Stockwith - the canal is the most southerly of the three.
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