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The Trenleys of Denham
Our guest contributor this month is Sheila Clarke. Sheila is an amateur writer. She has a particular interest in Victorian author,...
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Oct 26, 20225 min read
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Growing up at Wrango - Kate Ashbrook, guest contributor
In this the second of our guest contributor stories, Kate Ashbrook, now General Secretary of the Open Spaces Society, recalls her...
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Sep 21, 20227 min read
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Valerie Dewhurst - guest contributor
As indicated in our last post here in July 2022, we are handing these pages over to guest contributors whilst we prepare for the...
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Aug 18, 20229 min read
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Famous in fact and fiction
We're taking a break First let's tell you how we're taking a break. For almost three years we have been filling these pages with stories...
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Jul 18, 202228 min read
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From Shanks’ Pony to High-Speed Rail
Lying approximately twenty miles from the heart of London, the village of Denham has been affected both positively and negatively by...
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Jun 2, 202219 min read
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Down on the Farm
From those contributors to the Denham Community History website over the past few years, the one who was the most enthusiastic about her...
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Apr 19, 202227 min read
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From Vestry to Council
How it all began In 1066 William the Conqueror invaded England from his home in Normandy claiming that he had been assured by England's...
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Mar 4, 202218 min read
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Of the parish, by the parish, for the parish
The civil parish is the smallest unit of local government in England. They are constituted only in rural areas, but the work they do...
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Feb 16, 202217 min read
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The business of generations
Most of the shops and businesses on Village Road have now been transformed into private houses, but with great care for their status as...
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Jan 31, 20229 min read
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Self sufficient in many ways
Well of course it wasn't exactly a shopping mall, but there was a time not so long ago when the village had its own parade of shops...
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Jan 19, 202217 min read
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Publican's Tales
Christmas festivities made us a little late with this second article about Denham's pubs, inns and beerhouses. It should have been...
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Jan 5, 202215 min read
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May your days be merry and bright
Earlier this month we promised a second article about Denham's pubs, ale houses, beer houses and hostelries. We will be returning to that...
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Dec 20, 20215 min read
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Open to the Public
What is a Pub ? Few establishments have as many different names to identify them as the good old British "pub". Ask Google to come up...
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Dec 6, 202126 min read
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Denham Remembers World War 2
In the first of our posts on Denham and the two World Wars, the focus was on World War 1 often referred to as the Great War. In this...
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Nov 22, 202123 min read
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Denham Remembers World War 1
As summer time ends and the longer nights close in, we look forward to our winter celebrations and festivities. But first there are the...
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Nov 8, 202114 min read
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In Pictures - Part II
Part I of this October 2021 post ended with a few teasing questions about village photos from the archives, including this one showing...
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Oct 25, 20217 min read
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In Pictures - Part I
The attractiveness of Denham Village to visitors is nothing new. It has been a postcard village for over a hundred years. Several local...
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Oct 11, 20217 min read
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Denham's History Man
Who was Robert Lathbury ? Though there are many people in Denham who have not heard his name, there are few, if any more significant...
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Sep 21, 202119 min read
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A refined and gracious lady
Visitors to the Denham Parish Hall may, or perhaps may not, have noticed that as they leave by the back door into the car park on the...
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Sep 6, 202111 min read
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Party political
For over a thousand years our village has included amongst its residents people well known and influential but still very much part of...
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Aug 23, 202115 min read
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