This Is Local London | Nostalgia

Forgotten graves of the war dead

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:52:31 +0100

A private developer has allowed a graveyard containing the remains of First World War soldiers to become overgrown and neglected.

Author masters London's disasters

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 09:00:00 +0100

Croydon has been the site of some of the worst disasters in London, a new book has revealed.

Writer seeks family of WWII adventurer

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:20:00 +0100

A world war enthusiast who is putting together the life story of a Sanderstead soldier is appealing for members of his family to come forward.

Journalist's book describes post-war Croydon

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 06:00:00 +0100

In a touching autobiography, journalist Frank Hurley describes his childhood, torn between the highland hills of Scotland and the urban landscape of Croydon.

War honour for Croydon heroine

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:57:18 +0100

A Croydon cemetery is the final resting place of First World War heroine Rose Cotton who died serving her country.

Letters from the trenches

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:26:31 +0000

During the First World War a loving father in the French army bore the grim horror of the trenches by sending his beloved young daughter quirky drawings and witty letters.

View from the top

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:03:14 +0000

IN the 18 and 19th centuries a traveller from the direction of Oxford would know that he was approaching the village of Stokenchurch when the windmill came into view, above right. This was built in 1736, and was the last working windmill in Bucks when it was blown down in a gale in the spring of 1926.

Pubs and their pasts

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:31:02 +0000

HAVING safely ascended Dashwood Hill we can stop for some liquid refreshment at The Harrow public house in Studley Green, before proceeding into Stokenchurch.

Dashwood's charity built steep road

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:44:17 +0000

Leaving the Wormsley Estate we link up with the road from Marlow, which takes us to the village of Stokenchurch.

Vivid memories of village life

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:01:37 +0000

CONTINUING our series focusing in and around Turville we look at the childhood of another reader who was brought up in the area.

Our very own 'Sleeping Beauty'

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:30:20 +0000

LAST week we took a look at the dwelling in Turville called Wisteria Cottage. The village has many cottages with similarly evocative names.

Daylight could be seen through the walls

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:05:44 +0000

Turville village is surrounded by springs and in the early years of the 20th century the onset of the wet season marked the rising of these springs, which caused extensive flooding of the village along the main road, left, known to this day as Watery Lane.

She had her cake, but didn’t eat it!

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:33:48 +0100

The origins of Turville village date back to at least 796 AD, when the King of the Mercians granted the village to the Abbey at St Albans.

Bodies rise from crowded graves in 1870s scandal

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:10:00 +0000

The cemetery at All Saints church in Upper Norwood might seem peaceful in the spring sunshine but in the 1870s it was the site of a great scandal, with bodies rising from overpopulated graves.