Death of a Shropshire Lad
On a morning of a fateful day in May 1984, Mary Brookshaw came running round crying ‘its Cyril,…
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The Tin Whistle
How we discovered an old tin whistle… The old outside toilet belonging to the cottage ‘next door’ as…
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Garden Archeology
Garden Archeology The garden around Glebe Cottage has been in use at least since the early 1600s assuming…
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Cyril’s Portrait
About six months before he died in May 1984, I drew Cyril’s portrait. It has since hung near…
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Tom’s Tale
Tom Jones regularly walks down Domas Lane and stops for a chat as he did today – 27th…
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Dancing at the Windmill
Sunday 4th January 2002 I talked to Phyllis Munslow today in the road outside the Church gates. She…
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Betty Blake, the first Evacuee
On a sunny Sunday 6th September 1999, I was mowing the lawn when I heard several voices coming…
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hilda Preece’s Diary
Hilda Preece was born in 1903, lived in the village all her life, attended the village school, then…
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Son Brazier and his mother Martha
By the year 2000 Son was the oldest resident of Harley. When he was born, the midwife, so…
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Christmas with Cyril
Christmas and the Punk Every Christmas Cyril would come round on Christmas morning dressed as usual in his…