Category: 3)This Months Question?

Do you have any memorabilia or memories of VE day or the second world war in general? We are having a small exhibition of the items that the society holds about WWII. This will be at St James to support the VE day afternoon tea that will be held on 3rd May. Watch the village…

Does anyone remember Style Pottery? It closed we think in 2000. It was at Style Cottage in what used to be the Dolls House in Long Lane. Do you own a pot made there? Do send us a picture of it. Any information about it gratefully received we don’t even know their names.

This months question is about the Golden families. While researching the properties of Lower Street we found the location of the shop run by Benjamin Golden in 1828, and then his son James Joseph Golden until 1913. It was the Orchards in Pit Street. Do you know anything more about the shop or the Golden…

Thanks to Alison Oliver we have these photographs of four soldiers of the Great War. Unfortunately we know nothing about them. We would very much like to add them to our WWI pages so if there is anything you can tell us about them we would be delighted to hear from you using our contact…

We know there was a beer house in Lower Street in 1883 run by Sarah Golden. We believe it was called the Pig and Whistle. Have you heard of the Pig and Whistle or any other beer house? Do you know where in Chapel Road it might have been? If you have any information please…