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Articles and
Anecdotes |
| Title |
Subject |
Author |
Publication
Date |
 Boundary
Stones? |
A
pictorial record (with notes) of large stones dotted around the parish,
believed to be boundary stones |
Various
contributors |
28/04/2012 |
|
The
Rev Percival's Letters |
Series
of 1892 letters from the vicar to his parishioners |
Rev
Stanley Percival |
28/02/2012
(then monthly) |
|
Class
of '59 |
Recalling
childhood friends and memories of the village of 1959. Is your
name on the list? |
Chris
Durant |
28/03/12 |
|
The
History of St Katherine's Lodge |
History
of St Katehrine's Lodge (formerly the Laurels/Laurel bakery). |
John
Hastings/ David Gibbs |
28/03/12 |
|
Tail
Mill Down All The Years |
An
overview of the history of Tail Mill (to which you are invited to
contribute) |
David
Gibbs |
28/03/12 |
|
An
Old Pair of Bellows |
The
1933 Boozer Pit fire - a childhood memory. An addition to Brian's
memories of Boozer Pitt recalled in Come, Walk With Me (see
below) |
Brian
Tasker |
28/02/12 |
|
Come,
Walk With Me! |
A
nostalgic, late 1930s walk along the whole length of Boozer Pit and
Higher Street recalling people and places of almost 80 years ago. |
Brian
Tasker |
25/01/12 |
|
Merriott
- As I knew it |
Memories
of the village of the 1920/1930s |
Hilda
Isaacs (nee Tasker) |
28/12/11 |
|
Banbury
Farm Revisited |
A
return visit to a childhood home after a gap of almost 65 years |
Yvonne
Taylor |
26/11/2011 |
|
School
Days in Merriott in the 1930s and 40s |
A
unique record of school days of over 70 years ago, with examples of
school work |
Brian
Tasker |
26/11/2011 |
|
The
Rev Percival's Letters |
Series
of 1891 letters from the vicar to his parishioners |
Rev
Stanley Percival |
10/01/2011
(then monthly, except July) |
|
Memories
of Arthur Hut, the Last of the Village Old-timers |
Boyhood
memories of visits to Merriott some 50 years ago |
Kevin
Close |
22/09/2011 |
|
An
Ancient English Village
|
A
comprehensive history of Merriott, written and first published
in 1961 |
Richmond
Munn |
28/07/2011
|
|
Mrs
Emma Chant's Recollections
|
Recorded recollections and observations of a
Merriott resident, the late Mrs Emma Chant |
Bob Patten, who interviewed Mrs Chant some thirty-eight years
ago in connection with his interest in rural dialect and folklore |
14/07/2011
|
|
Nut
Tree Farm
|
Nut
Tree Farm and the Brake family |
Mary
Paull |
01/07/2011
|
|
Echoes
From
The Land Of Utch
|
The
Merriott dialect of yesterday |
Dr
John Smith, former lecturer in German at Bath University. Specially interested
in local dialect |
19/06/2011
|
|
Merriott
Gospel Hall
|
A
brief history of the chapel from its foundation in 1849 |
Eric
Arnold |
19/06/2011
|
|
Recollections
of Farming in Merriott in the 1940s
|
Personal
memories of Westgate and Moorlands farms |
Richard
Rumsby |
10/06/2011
|
|
Merriott's
Turnpike |
An
overview of the development and decline of the turnpike |
David
Gibbs |
23/05/2011
|
|
Hitchen |
Hitchen
before the estate was built |
Queenie
Dodge |
17/04/2011
|
| Mert
Man |
The Merriott
man of long ago. Excerpt from
Somerset Life and Character 1924 |
W G Willis
Watson |
11/03/2011 |
| Turnpike |
Merriottsford
in earlier years |
Mary Paull |
06/03/2011 |
| Brief
Encounter Part 2 |
More happy
memories of
Merriott |
Bryan Morris |
15/02/2011 |
| From Merriott
To Siberia: Letters To My Father |
WWI
letters |
David Gibbs |
28/12/2010 |
| Brief
Encounter Part 1 |
Happy memories of
Merriott |
Bryan Morris |
29/11/2010 |
|
Village Finds Day
and Timeline 2009: Part 2
|
Details of
principal finds |
Paul Fisher |
19/01/11
|
|
Village Finds Day
and Timeline 2009: Part 1
|
Event details,
compiled from newspaper reports |
David Gibbs |
09/12/10
|
| Smile
Please, Hold It! |
Early family
photos |
David Gibbs |
24/11/2010 |
| Personal Memories
|
A miscellany
of brief personal memories |
As
noted |
|
| Odds
and Ends |
A
page of small items of interest |
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