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Memories
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Brushing The Cobwebs Off
My mother, Mrs Pat Bishop, was Headmistress of Boddington C of E School from November 1949 until sometime in 1962. In the beginning there were only about 9 children in the school, 5yrs to 11, no mains water or ...Read more
A memory of Upper Boddington by
My Dad's Memories Of The Boys Garden City (Bgc)
My Dad, Thomas Brisland lived at the BGC for 9 years from around 1924. He was housed in Natal Cottage with 34 other boys and they were cared for by a matron and a house mother. The matron was Mrs. ...Read more
A memory of Woodford Bridge by
My Banbury Grans Village
My grandmother's name was Amelia Gough and she lived in the second cottage on the right at the bottom of the green on the road to Mollington. Water was collected by bucket over the road from a tap in the vicarage wall. ...Read more
A memory of Warmington in 1940 by
Charles Arthur Samphier Born12 5 1937 Wyatts Green
My parents bought Wyatts Stores in about 1936 and moved from West Ham, E.London., with my two sisters. Dad kept about 300 chickens in the back field. I was born on Coronation Day at Wyatts ...Read more
A memory of Doddinghurst in 1930 by
Growing Up In Greenford In The 1960s And 1970s
Here are some random memories: Lists Bakeries on Greenford Broadway. Lovely aroma, tasty bread. The paper bags all used to have the slogan 'Good Flavour Always Finds Favour'. The covered market ...Read more
A memory of Greenford by
The Flying Horse
I worked at the pub on Parson Street. Banbury is a great town, to remember crazy memories, like when you did not have any money then there would be no electric or TV. I remember St Mary's church bell practice was on Wednesday ...Read more
A memory of Banbury in 1977 by
My Childhood Walks
Me and my Uncle Antony always went nut picking in early September and would be gone for hours, that for me is a good childhood memory. Also my late Uncle Jack used to walk me most Saterdays down to the old Hanbury pub where we ...Read more
A memory of Trinant in 1990 by
Life At Avon Carrow For A Yank Abroad
I moved into Avon Carrow in the Spring of 1970. I was stationed at RAF Croughton but moved my family to this small village in Warwickshire because that life was what we were used to, coming from the ...Read more
A memory of Avon Dassett by
18 Happy Years
We moved into Avon Carrow in November 1991, just after the M40 motorway had been extended to Warwick, and started the most rewarding living experience of our mature lives. The Carrow has an interesting history for such a ...Read more
A memory of Avon Dassett in 2009 by
6th Northwood Scouts Go Hostelling
I remember staying at the youth hostel in Greens Norton with the patrol leaders of the 6th Northwood Scout Group. I was an ASL (Assistant Scout Leader) with the troop for several years and as I had always ...Read more
A memory of Greens Norton in 1980 by
Captions
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MAIN ROAD c1965 A monastery stood at Hanbury in Anglo- Saxon times, when the land came into the possession of the Church at Worcester.
Hanbury sprawls along the B4091, which runs north from the Saltway to Bromsgrove.
Hanbury sprawls along the B4091, which runs north from the Saltway to Bromsgrove.
It is possible that one of them lay on the site of Ware Mill, later part of the factory of Allen & Hanbury.
The wharf is closer to Droitwich than Hanbury, next to the place where the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (opened 1815) is joined by the Droitwich Junction Canal.
The wharf is closer to Droitwich than Hanbury, next to the place where the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (opened 1815) is joined by the Droitwich Junction Canal.
This thatched cottage at Hanbury probably started its existence as a humble home for a farm labourer, and was added to as the years went by.
The Gate, as locals call it, is at Woodgate, by a crossroads in a pleasant rural location between Hanbury and Bromsgrove. The origin of its unusual name is obscure.
By 1934, more than two thousand houses had been built within half a mile of Stoneleigh Station, and in March of that year Hanbury & Buxton successfully applied for a provisional licence to build and operate
The Gate, as locals call it, is at Woodgate, by a crossroads in a pleasant rural location between Hanbury and Bromsgrove. The origin of its unusual name is obscure.
wonderful neo-Tudor pub of 1936 by A E Sewell; he also designed the Crown and Anchor in High Street, Chipping Barnet, and the Goat near Forty Hill, Enfield, in the same style for the brewers Truman, Hanbury
Around 1830 Molly Hanbury, the wife of one of the most successful ironmasters in the country, commissioned the decoration of the grotto with shells, crystals and bones.
Banbury once boasted a castle which enabled the town to grow in the shadow of its protective walls.
Banbury's splendid Town Hall with its noble entrance and tower, built in the 15th-century Gothic style, opened in 1854. The clock was a later addition.
Danbury is built on high ground, and the spire of St John the Baptist's church can be seen from a considerable distance.
The Oxford Canal was first opened as far as Banbury in 1778 and to Oxford in 1790.
The second largest town in Oxfordshire, Banbury has long been famous as the main meeting point of routes from the Midlands to London and Oxford.
Adderbury, south of Banbury, evolved as a result of the wool trade. Lord Montagu, William of Orange's minister, lived here at one time.
The splendid 17th-century panelling from this room was rescued from a London warehouse and returned to Banbury in the 1970s.
This photograph of the village of Byfield, on the old turnpike road midway between Daventry and Banbury, shows plenty of pedestrians, but no traffic.
The Oxford Canal was first opened as far as Banbury in 1778 and to Oxford in 1790.
The bandstand at Canbury Gardens was a gift to the people of Kingston from a former mayor, C E Nuthall. The bandstand was removed in the 1950s, but a replacement has been installed.
Banbury is famous for its cross, a nursery rhyme and its cakes. The latter, made with spicy fruit pastry, were first produced in 1638.
Danbury sits at the top of a long uphill haul on the road from Chelmsford to Maldon. Before the Navigation was opened, this was the main thoroughfare between the two towns.
