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  • London Slums the Seven Dials

    de Terry Trainor ...
    Neale's development at Seven Dials arose from his connections at Court and his services to the Crown. In return for raising large sums of money through the Venetian Lottery, William III granted Neale freehold of the land knows as 'Marshland' or 'Cock and Pye Fields' (named after a public house on the site) in 1690. However, he had to purchase the remainder of the lease, which expired in 1731, for ... Leer más

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  • A Rainy Evening

    de Terry Trainor ...
    A Summer DreamWalking for some hours I stopped in a wild meadow to take my boots off and rest awhile,It is a perfect summers day the hum of bees in the near distant soothed me so I sat down,The trees in this meadow are in full foliage, leaves having darkened giving rich sobriety,I sat down onto rich green grass about four inches deep and wondered about my surroundings.Flowers of the most brilliant ... Leer más

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  • London Workhouse and Slums to South Oxhey

    de Terry Trainor ...
    After the Second World War the most immediate effect on the people of London was a lack of decent housing. The new Labour government brought in a massive programme of changes that established the National Health Service, and nationalization of gas, electricity, transport, rail, postal and telephone services (i.e. ownership by the State). Rationing of food, clothes and sweets continued, and life ... Leer más

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  • Hope the Hermit

    de Terry Trainor ...
    Do you remember winters long long ago, when we had our youth?With delight, as a child, when snow began to fall, and melt,When the flakes first came down, dancing, waltzes in the wind,To the darkness of a blizzard in an early January afternoon.The earth was lost, hidden, under this soft white coveringAnd the school bell rang with joy to end the lessons early,Walking on the thick snow there was a ... Leer más

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  • From the London Workhouse to South Oxhey

    de Terry Trainor ...
    This book is a bout the migration of the Lodoners in slums and overcrowding. In the late 1940's and 1950' thet were moved to a green field site called South Oxhey. This story is about the migration and the problems involved when changing a complete culture. It also has a nostalgic content about the 1950's 60's life and what was available in those buygone days. ... Leer más

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  • South Oxhey History on your Doorstep

    de Terry Trainor ...
    The Blackwell's Changes & The 1960s RestorationThe building reached its present form in 1897, when the vestries were built and the pews were arranged in collegiate fashion; work paid for by Thomas Blackwell, of Cross & Blackwell the food manufacturers, who then lived at Oxhey Place. By 1962 the chapel was in bad repair and in the severe winter of 1962/3 part of the roof fell in. An appeal raised ... Leer más

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  • Rolling back the Years

    de Terry Trainor ...
    Where is HopeFollow a path and it will get rougher as you go, don't let that stop you,Daffodils will be thick and yellow on both sides, let golden colours guide you,The daffodils will disappear at the woods, a green wall of spring will appear ,Here the path is just footprints in lush grass, the smell of spring, heady.There will be acres, and acres of thick bluebells, the scene will lift you heart ... Leer más

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  • History South Oxhey

    de Terry Trainor ...
    The Abbey GrangeThe first historical reference to Oxhey comes from the time that it was in the south-east corner of the kingdom of Mercia. King Offa II of Mercia (757-796) traditionally founded the Benedictine Abbey of St Albans. He gave the district of Oxengehaege to the Abbey, it was rumoured, in expiation for a murder for which he felt responsible.The monks ran it as a grange on which, were ... Leer más

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  • Noontide of the Year's Day

    de Terry Trainor ...
    A Summer DreamWalking for some hours I stopped in a wild meadow to take my boots off and rest awhile,It is a perfect summers day the hum of bees in the near distant soothed me so I sat down,The trees in this meadow are in full foliage, leaves having darkened giving rich sobriety,I sat down onto rich green grass about four inches deep and wondered about my surroundings.Flowers of the most brilliant ... Leer más

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  • A rainy Day

    de Terry Trainor ...
    In the chill of a bright March morning the song sparrow wakes up the day,In June the robin is carolling the maple at the first blush of dawn, it brings hope,The wood or the hermit thrush pouring forth its golden notes, loves this time,The vespers sparrow, sings to his love, with sweet passion, over the silent fields.The mid-day jubilation of the purple finch in the orchard, sing, with a chickadee ... Leer más

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  • Beyond the Gatehouse

    The Eccentric Lives of England's Aristocracy

    de David Long ...
    Beyond the Gatehouse is a lighthearted, witty but factual biographical account of the eccentric lifestyles of the builders and residents of some of England's best-known country houses.Extraordinary buildings require extraordinary people, and over the centuries our historic houses have produced more than their fair share of oddballs. Insulated from the outside world by vast wealth, rolling acres ... Leer más

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  • Victorian Country Life

    de Janet Sacks ...
    Series Libro 679 - Shire Library
    During the reign of Queen Victoria, industrialisation changed every aspect of rural life. Industrial diversification led to a decline in agriculture and mass migration from country to town and city – in 1851 half the population lived in the countryside, but by 1901 only a quarter did so. This book outlines the changes and why they occurred. It paints a picture of country life as it was when ... Leer más

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