It seems that George Byng, 2nd Earl Strafford, had some involvement in two almshouses. He purchased the site of the ...
These attractive Arts and Crafts style buildings were erected in 1883/4, replacing almshouses founded about 40 years earlier by George ...
George Byng (1764 – 1847) was the great grandson of the ‘unfortunate’ Admiral Byng. He is not to be confused ...
Baldersley Cottage was built in the late 17th or early 18th centuries. The original two dwellings, now privately owned, have ...
"Why can’t you see what I see when I look at our child. Why don’t you see what everyone else sees in him? Why can’t you feel what a parent is supposed to feel?"
‘There are no documents extant showing the origin of this charity; but there were formerly certain tenements called Church Houses ...
Towards the end of the eighth week of Lockdown, people are beginning to stir although most places are still closed.
"Hearing a strange sound, I turned round, fearfully, to see my two year old brother"
We are now into our eight week and constraints have been reduced slightly from today. People who can do so, should ...
Life during the Covid 19 pandemic changed a lot of things for me. The first came at the beginning of ...
Leonard Frederick Butler was born 3 March 1909 to Abraham and Alice Butler at 31 High Street, Plumstead. He was ...
"memories of Willian in the 1940s"
