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British Legion Miners Welfare Club
I have many fond memories of the Legion in Grendon Road Polesworth. It was demolished sometime in the 1980s, does anyone have any pictures of it or its members and committee, Many thanks, Neville
A memory of Polesworth in 1970 by
25 Years In Beaconsfield.
Born in Wembley, I arrived in the New Town of Beaconsfield in 1957 aged 5. With my younger sister and my parents. I left home at 17 but returned occasionally until 1981 when my parents moved to Scotland. I lived in ...Read more
A memory of Beaconsfield by
Childhood Memories
My sister Margaret and I would walk from our "Yarford Cottage "through the US army camp at Tetton Park on our way to school which was then next to the church. Charlie Barrett was the game keeper, Captain and Mrs Pawson ...Read more
A memory of Kingston St Mary in 1943 by
Brendon
Around this time I lived on Falconer Crescent on New Parks, the last house before the farm, next to Barnados. It seems a recurring memory for all - the walled garden and orchard, I used to work there weekends. I swept the long drive of ...Read more
A memory of Glenfield in 1962 by
A Lovely Memory
I worked at Mayfield College from 1968 to 1971. I have many good memories of the people that I worked with. There were 2 men that lived in the lodge whose names were Norman and John, they were helpers in the boys refectory, they ...Read more
A memory of Mayfield in 1970
1932 1973
I feel a bit of a gatecrasher here, as I've been living in Suffolk since 1973! Basically though, even though I'm a wrinkly/pensioner, I'm a South Suburban Surrey Boy, through and through! Born 1932 in 144 Garendon Road, our postal ...Read more
A memory of Morden by
Vicarage
My folks moved out in 1985 - we'd been there from 1960, the year I was born, and much had been done to sort out the huge garden. Mum grew lots of veg and we kept chickens as well. When Mrs. Dupont died, her cottage at the top of the ...Read more
A memory of Shabbington in 1985 by
Debbie
About 1980, in High Wycombe I met a girl, I think her name was Debbie. I met her in the road the town hall is in on a Saturday afternoon, I think she shared a house near the Rye with others. I arranged to go for a coffee the next day, ...Read more
A memory of High Wycombe in 1980
Police Constable John Baker
My great grandfather lived at 49 Chapel Hill, Highweek, Newton Abbot. He was 39 then and he had a wife called Susan and 6 children. He was a policeman in Highweek and I am trying to find out more about him and his ...Read more
A memory of Newton Abbot in 1860 by
The Pubs And Walks Of Thame
I have such fond memories of Thame. In 1962 we moved down from London as my father was offered a job at Lucas Export in Haddenham, the area was wonderful. We went on so many walks from Thame to Long Crendon, Towersey, ...Read more
A memory of Shirburn in 1962 by
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Grendon Underwood is a long, straggling village, with the gaps filled steadily from the 1950s onwards.
Long Crendon has over 20 cruck houses, an unusual concentration, but many of the villages round about have a few - Haddenham has four and Grendon Underwood two, for example.
Long Crendon has over 20 cruck houses, an unusual concentration, but many of the villages round about have a few - Haddenham has four and Grendon Underwood two, for example.
Brendon nestles in the valley of the East Lyn River, and to the south is the wild expanse of Brendon Common, part of the plateau of Exmoor.
One was the gap between the Blackdown and Brendon Hills, and the other was the coastal route, which used the old ford at Axmouth; this was part of the Roman Fosse Way, which ran all the way to Lincoln.
Watchet was one of medieval Somerset's most important towns, and its harbour remained important into the 20th century, exporting iron ore from the Brendon Hills to the south.
Standing at a crossroads on the ridge between Exmoor and the Brendon Hills, the long haul up the turnpike from Bampton or Minehead gave both the hill and this inn its well-earned name.
To the east of the village are the earthworks of a moated grange to Garendon Abbey, a Cistercian house founded in 1377.
To the east of the village are the earthworks of a moated grange to Garendon Abbey, a Cistercian house founded in 1377.
In the 19th century, a railway brought Brendon Hills iron ore here for shipment to Wales.
The other two buildings went when Crendon Street was rebuilt and widened in the 1930s.
One was the gap between the Blackdown and Brendon Hills, and the other was the coastal route, which used the old ford at Axmouth; this was part of the Roman Fosse Way, which ran all the way to Lincoln.
To the north of the town, Crendon Lane was gated near where the station now is, and a track wended its way towards Amersham over Wycombe Heath, an area infested by highwaymen.
However, the most dramatic changes in the town centre were in Queen Victoria Road and Crendon Street.
Christ Church in Crendon Street, also by Arthur Vernon and built in 1889-97, was replaced in the 1950s by offices.
