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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


Memories in Stone
Completing our stroll around St. Mary’ s Church in this month of its patronal festival, we remember those who found their final resting...
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Sep 21, 20204 min read


A walkabout around St. Mary's Church
September is the month of St. Mary's church "patronal" festival, the festival to mark the saint's day of its patron, the mother of Jesus....
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Sep 7, 20209 min read


LEARNING HISTORY
Denham’s education history on the national scene In this supplement to the August 2020 education theme “The Happiest Days of Our Lives”,...
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Aug 17, 20206 min read


The Happiest Days of our Lives ?
As schools prepare to open fully in September 2020, following their closure or partial closure during the Covid-19 pandemic, this month’s...
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Aug 3, 202013 min read


... and further back, an Old Bakery tale
The oldest documented non-ecclesiastical property in the village is the Old Bakery. One survey suggests a very precise date of the...
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Jul 20, 20203 min read


Blacksmiths and Bakers
Once eleven cottages, now just two If you had been strolling through Denham Village in 1795, you might have been very interested in the...
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Jul 6, 20206 min read


Pastimes and Diversions - over to you
In any other year in June, there would be a succession of regularly scheduled early summer activities for all age groups in and around...
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Jun 16, 20205 min read


All the fun of the Fayre
For the first time in very many years (perhaps a reader can tell us exactly) there will be no Denham Village Fayre in May 2020. The rules...
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May 4, 202010 min read
Escape to the Country - stories of an often unexpected childhood
The “Long Read” for April is now on line. Click here to take a look. To supplement the story of growing up in the village in the...
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Apr 27, 20201 min read


Our Village Playground
The freedom that gives our children the capacity to wander and play unsupervised has gradually been eroded and never more so than now...
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Apr 6, 20208 min read


Time on your hands ?
Stuck at home, bored and trying to find something to do ? Well now, why not make a contribution to the Denham Community History Project ?...
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Mar 22, 20201 min read


Down to Earth
Homely tales of Denham’s gardening history Click here for the long read about Denham's gardens "Not forgetting watercress" OR GO here to...
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Mar 2, 20204 min read


And the Oscar goes to ...
Stories from the heydays of Denham Film Studios (The February “long read” tells the story of the studios from the days of Alexander Korda...
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Feb 3, 20204 min read


Who wrote this and of whom ?
“ I went back to Denham in the fall. There was the ancient brick wall beside the footpath, leaning, staved by trees. In the distance the...
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Jan 30, 20201 min read


100 years of Girl Guiding in Denham
25th January 2020, and 100 years of Girl Guiding in Denham is being celebrated today at St. Mary’s church. Here are the Guides and...
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Jan 25, 20201 min read


Bowyer House across the years
(Rather listen than read ? Then click here to listen to the Podcast) Although certainly not the oldest house in the village, Bowyer House...
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Jan 17, 20203 min read


Theme for January 2020 - and a charming aside
We promised a monthly theme. So, for this month we're telling the story of the Bowyer House and the tale of the Charity School at which...
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Jan 6, 20201 min read


HAPPY NEW YEAR
New Year’s Day 1829 was not perhaps the best of days for all the pupils at the Bowyer Charity School. It was the day the school’s...
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Dec 31, 20191 min read


Happy Christmas
Best Christmas wishes to the Denham Community. Looking forward to growing the Denham Community History Project in 2020.
DCHP
Dec 24, 20191 min read
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