The last barn at Great Green Street Farm is just near completion. The first stage of the conversion was completed […]
Continue ReadingDIARY OF A MET HOUSE – 2: KITTING OUT THE ROOMS AND WARTIME VEG PLANTING
We dip into a scrapbook, compiled by Stan in autumn/winter 1937 and spring 1938, during the construction and fitting of […]
Continue ReadingDIARY OF A MET HOUSE
In June 1938 Stanley and wife ‘Tommy’ were starting their first summer in one of the newly built Met homes […]
Continue ReadingChorleywood History Unlocked
When Friends of Chorleywood House Estate noticed that a commemorative plaque in the parkland had disappeared they decided to investigate […]
Continue ReadingSuffragette Outrage
Fire that gutted a house on the corner of Chalfont Lane on 4th April, 1913 was the work of suffragettes. […]
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Chorleywood House in WW2
At the start of the Second World War Chorleywood was designated as one of the reception areas for London evacuees. […]
Continue ReadingMemories of Chorleywood ‘ouse
London born children were inclined to drop their h and call the wartime children’s hostel Chorleywood ‘ouse remembers Lena Anderson […]
Continue ReadingAir Raids and Evacuees
Picture shows Frederick Ralph Gullett, Hilary Gullett’s father, on ARP duty outside Christ Church Fred lived with his family at […]
Continue ReadingFontastic
Richard Ardagh hails from Chorleywood and works in East London, dividing his time between graphic design using a state of […]
Continue ReadingRemember when … Chorleywood Primary celebrated 100 years
Remember when…Chorleywood Primary School celebrated their 100 year anniversary with a tea party for staff and students past and present? […]
Continue ReadingCCYFC LOOKING BACK
Photo shows: Left to Right Reg Master, Scotty Vos, Peter Heyden, John Jenkins, Jim Rillistone, Alan Richardson ? Anthony Vos, […]
Continue ReadingOur village at War
Have you ever wondered about the First World War casualties named on our War Memorials ?
Continue ReadingCharley Batchelor Home Guard
Local lad Charley Batchelor, or Corporal Charles Batchelor, was a bayonet instructor in the Home Guard who featured in a […]
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