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- 4 photos on Wilmcote appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Wilmcote
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I lived here
I lived at The Malt House, Claverdon in the early mid 1960s. It was owned at the time by Mr Jefferson who lived in a lovely new bungalow a little further away. I loved this house even if it was a bit unusual to live in. I went to school in Claverdon and Miss Lewthwaite was my teacher she was really nice. Does anyone else remember this place?
I don't think the Malt House has changed that much, it still looks lovely in the modern photos I have seen of it. I bet the floors still slope upstairs.
In the barn at the end it had a "Copper" where my mum boiled the whites on washing ...read more here
A memory of Claverdon contributed by Deboragh Lewis
Claverdon Hall
This is my home.
A memory of Claverdon contributed by dan cronin
Pram race
I was 10 years old when I entered the pram race. Myself and two other neighbours entered as a junior team. I was dressed up as a baby and the two other lads were dressed as mom and dad. The race went round Wooton Wawen. It started at the top of the High Street in Henley, down to the traffic lights which we had to turn right, then left up Mayswood Road. At the end of Mayswood Road we turned left on to the Stratford Road back into Henley and up the high street. We had to take it in turns to be in the pram which was difficult to get in and out of when running. The crowds up the ...read more here
A memory of Henley-In-Arden contributed by julie draper
Once my home
I lived here for two years in 1941/42. My father rented it from Mrs Switzer who owned Bell Court. I was ten years old and together with my parents was escaping the Birmingham bombing. I used to fish from that very unstable veranda. We later rented a home on Grange Road in Bidford.
Jack Nunn
A memory of Bidford-On-Avon contributed by First Name Last Name
Extracts From Wilmcote & Warwickshire books
Warwickshire's vernacular architecture characteristically uses a mixture of building materials; with stone in the Cotswolds, for instance, and an abundance of timber in the formerly well-wooded areas of Arden. But Wilmcote was a quarrying centre, and this timber-framed house has a garden wall of the local lias limestone.
An extract from from"Redditch Living Memories".
Warwickshire`s vernacular
architecture
characteristically uses a
mixture of building
materials; with stone in
the Cotswolds, for
instance, and an
abundance of timber in
the formerly well-
wooded areas of Arden.
But Wilmcote was a
quarrying centre, and this
timber-framed house has
a garden wall of the local
lias limestone.
An extract from from"Redditch Living Memories".
With all those pilgrims coming to visit what they thought was Mary Arden's house, it was obviously necessary for Wilmcote to provide refreshments and accommodation, and The Swan did just that. The majority of tourists these days visit only briefly, often covering the whole of 'Shakespeare Country' in one day.
An extract from from"Redditch Living Memories".
With all those pilgrims
coming to visit what they
thought was Mary Arden`s
house, it was obviously
necessary for Wilmcote to
provide refreshments and
accommodation, and The
Swan did just that. The
majority of tourists these
days visit only briefly, often
covering the whole of
`Shakespeare Country` in
one day.
An extract from from"Redditch Living Memories".
The Shakespeare properties are not the only impressive buildings in Wilmcote. The Swan is a handsome structure which looks as if it might originally have been a farmhouse. Nowadays it is The Swan House Inn.
An extract from from"Redditch Living Memories".