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Ledbury memories
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Herefordshire memories
Mom lived in Baynards...1930-40's
Mom went to the country to live during the war. She lived in a big field - the house and land were let by the Fulton Brick Works, I believe that was the name. I have about 5 pictures of her home with my Auntie Connie.
A memory of Barnards Green contributed by Susie Somerville-Franz
Childhood Years
Many hours were spent playing on the hills around this area. In the centre of the picture is a mound, we called it the Tump, it was the excavation from the cutting and it was made into a feature with three seats or benches for walkers to enjoy a rest and admire the views over Herefordshire.
A memory of Great Malvern contributed by Bob Fisher
Simmonds Hanley Castle
I am researching the Simmonds family who lived in Quay Lane in Hanley Castle about 1900. My father recalls the floods of the early 1900s when Quay Lane flooded and he was trapped up stairs with his mother, Alice Simmonds.
Does any one out there have any information on the Simmonds family as I have a lot of there history to share.
Len Simmonds smmndssev@aol.com
POST OFFICE
I was born in Hereford in 1952 to Roland S G Hodges and Doreen his wife. I have fond memories of Kings Caple and Fawley. My grandmother ran the village post office for nearly 40 years right up to decimalization. She ran her Post Office from an old wooden greenhouse in the garden at Bridge House, Fawley and used to trundle up and down the garden path from the house a good fifty feet away and unlock door to serve whoever, during the day stamps, postal orders etc plus fags used to be left in this greenhouse all day and never was she robbed. At night everything was marched into the house. In the early 1960s she and my grandfather moved ...read more here
A memory of Kings Caple contributed by ANDREW HODGES
Extracts From Ledbury & Herefordshire books
Here we see the front of the Feathers Hotel on the right. The building was
erected in 1565, although the top storey was added later. Bradleys, on the right of
the street, is an interesting premises. It now houses a branch of Boots, the
chemists, and all the plaster on the front façade has been recently removed
revealing a beautiful jettied timber building.
An extract from from"Herefordshire Living Memories".
The tall tower with the clock stands opposite the Market House on a site once occupied by a tannery. It is the
Barrett Browning Insitute, built in 1896 to commemorate Elizabeth Barrett Browning, who lived in this area as a
child. This connection with both her and John Masefield is remembered at the annual poetry festival.
An extract from from"Herefordshire Living Memories".
Here we see the front of the Feathers Hotel on the right. The building was
erected in 1565, although the top storey was added later. Bradleys, on the right of
the street, is an interesting premises. It now houses a branch of Boots, the
chemists, and all the plaster on the front façade has been recently removed
revealing a beautiful jettied timber building.
An extract from from"Herefordshire Living Memories".
mill is hidden behind
the trees, and the
farm buildings
are overgrown.
Corn grown on the
common was taken to
the abbey Mill to be
ground into flour.
An extract from from"Worcester - A History and Celebration".
Apart from the battle, Powick’s other main claim to fame is Powick Mills next to the bridge where the battle took place. Domesday Book (1086) recorded two mills here but it was in 1893 that Worcester Corporation purchased the site and built a combined steam- and water-driven hydroelectric facility (the first of its kind). It provided half the city’s supply until Worcester Power Station became operational in the early 20th century. Powick Mills continued to supply power until the 1950s. The mill buildings have recently been converted into apartments.
An extract from from"Worcester Photographic Memories".