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Jack of the green
Take a walk along Denham Way (off Old Mill Road) towards the cricket pitch on the Way and Tillard recreation ground, and you will reach...
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Jul 19, 202111 min read
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Howzat !
Denham is very fortunate in having its own recreation ground just behind Ashmead Lane, the Way and Tillard. It has thriving cricket and...
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Jul 5, 202115 min read
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Tea garden tales of life on the Canal
Fran wasn’t born to the canal, but the idea of it fascinated her as she spent time on the canal with her aunt during school holidays. She...
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Jun 24, 202120 min read
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The Waterway passing by
Denham has long been a stopping place for travellers on the road from London to Oxford. In the 18th century the journey took at least two...
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Jun 7, 202114 min read
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What's in Name ? - Part 2
In Part 2 of our reflection on street and house names in Denham Village we start with the story of Bowyer House and work our way around...
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May 19, 202110 min read
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What's in a name ? - Part 1
This month we're taking a look at the street and house names in Denham Village and their historical connections. Part I at the beginning...
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May 3, 202110 min read
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Park Life
For our second article as a rather chilly spring has arrived in our village, we stray a little beyond its boundaries to review the...
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Apr 19, 202111 min read
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Country Park Pursuits
This month, as spring beckons and as we hope to see an end to the trials and tribulations of Covid 19 and the isolation that it has...
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Apr 6, 202112 min read
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A Village Life of Crime
Earlier this month we told something of the history of policing and crime in the village with a few tales of poaching and other...
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Mar 16, 20219 min read
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A policeman's lot
In 2021 we are very accustomed to the protection we have from the police service. Our area police station is now in Amersham since the...
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Mar 1, 202115 min read
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Personal memories of the Methodist Chapel
Our February post about the old Methodist Chapel in Cheapside Lane attracted a lot of attention. One reader, Christine Newell, has come...
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Feb 17, 20214 min read
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Behind the Ivy - a story of a Methodist Chapel
For decades a small cottage with two arched windows and an eye-catching bright green porch has sat silently as ivy continues to overtake...
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Feb 2, 202115 min read
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Unveiling the plaque - a beautiful sunny day
Rosemary Temple is a past chair of Denham Parish Council who lived in Blacksmith’s Cottage on Village Road. Rosemary was personally...
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Jan 19, 20212 min read
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For the appreciation of art
There are two plaques on the walls of houses in Village Road. One, well known, appears on the wall of Hills House marking the home of the...
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Jan 4, 202111 min read
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Happy Christmas, Denham
So today, winter solstice day 2020, we're wishing all our contributors, subscribers and readers a very Happy Christmas. It is of course a...
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Dec 22, 20207 min read
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Looking to the Light - our winter festivals
The world of the 21st century is so very different from that of the 19th and previous centuries. The migration of peoples to and from...
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Dec 7, 202017 min read
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Breaking News: Denham's Connections to the Gunpowder Plot?
Sir George Peckham was the owner and occupier of Denham Place towards the end of the 16th century. Established history describes him as a...
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Nov 18, 202011 min read
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Remember, remember ...
November. British Summer Time has ended. 'Tis dark by 5p.m. and this year in 2020 our autumn celebrations of harvest and the promise of...
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Nov 2, 202012 min read
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History, legend or myth
As the nights draw in, it is the traditional time to be telling stories around the autumnal fires. They may be stories passed down...
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Oct 19, 20208 min read
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Devilish Denham ? Surely not 🎃👻🎃
Autumn, the harvest season, has arrived and in normal years would bring the prospect of celebrating various fun festivals with friends...
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Oct 5, 202010 min read
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