by admin | Dec 29, 2017 | Archive
For many years Box Hill had 2 public houses, the ‘Quarryman’s Arms’, owned by Ushers Brewery of Trowbridge and the ‘Rising Sun’ owned by George’s Brewery of Bristol. The ‘Rising Sun’ situated on the main A4 was a popular pub with a good skittles and darts team...
by admin | Dec 29, 2017 | Archive
It is 50 years since the Civic Amenities Act 1967 introduced the concept of protecting the character of areas of historic and architectural interest by the designation of conservation areas. The concept of conservation areas was introduced in England, Wales and...
by admin | Oct 8, 2017 | Archive
Many of our readers may have heard of the Spackman Family. They lived in the High Street, and their property spanned Nos. 42 & 44 where we now find a hairdresser, sandwich bar, Ultra Warm, and another hair salon, opposite the Tourist/Information office....
by admin | Aug 13, 2017 | Archive
Between 1906 and April 1913 a total of 75 ‘Saint’ class 4-6-0 express engines were built at the Great Western Railway’s Swindon works to the design of George Jackson Churchward, the Chief Mechanical Engineer. Though the class was called the ‘Saints’, only 20 of the...
by admin | Aug 13, 2017 | Archive
My grandfather, Charles James Rumsey, was born in Hammersmith on Easter Sunday 1886 and at the age of 20, he was made redundant as a painter due to a recession. Because he was the oldest in the family, his father decided he needed to move out of the family home and...
by admin | Dec 11, 2016 | Archive, Frontpage Article
Our Editor, John Maloney’s first article in the July Spotlight, was of great interest to me, as he referred not only to his own property – 12 Pickwick, but the adjoining house No. 14. This was the home of my grandparents Bill and Rose Say, for about 40 years,...
