Show Posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.


Messages - Glynno

Pages: [1]
1
The Common Room / Re: History of a house in Shardlow, Derbyshire
« on: Thursday 16 May 19 10:01 BST (UK)  »
In short I grew up there, my Parents and Grandparents were the previous occupants. Back in the 1980s I also tried to track down the history of the property so do have an insight to a bit of its history but information was difficult to access back then, I also spent a lot of time in the Dog and Duck with the village oldies that spent their whole lives in the village but have sadly all passed on now, this was a great source of knowledge "some embellished of course" I have a few old photographs of the property that I will dig out for Matt one of which is of one of the POWs that came back to see the house in the 1970s. there are many hidden things in the house just waiting to be found again, lf I remember correctly there is another wooden floor beneath the oak floor in the main hall, the hidden door which Matt is aware of, I pulled lots items and letters out from void between the 3rd floor water tanks and the wall, I know there are still some there but never got round to retrieving them "I don't like spiders" I could go on for hours, when the grey cells remind me of something interesting I will be sure to pass it on.   

2
The Common Room / Re: History of a house in Shardlow, Derbyshire
« on: Wednesday 15 May 19 22:46 BST (UK)  »
Possible reason you can't track the history back too far is because the property was formerly known as “The Villa” this is documented in the original grade 2 listing.

Although the Italians were at the property during the war they also shared the place with British army officers and they were let out with the land girls to work the fields.

There was a considerable amount of bullets found around the old copper beech tree which was in front of the little apple trees and the wall side of the greenhouse.

There was a tennis court in the garden in the 1950s hence the massive garden roller. This was also the time that the Booths rented the property, you will find his name etched on one of the right hand panes of glass in the old dining room.

There is also heaps of info carved into the lead around the windows on the roof, unfortunately some of it has now been covered with bitumen. On the subject of the roof this was replaced following a top floor fire which I believe was late 40s

The property was also the local surgery at some point and the GP was Dr Bell, again the dining room was the waiting room. This room had a floor to ceiling pine bookcase from the window to the wall where the fish tank is and all across that wall.

There was a priest hole above the toilet room but this was re roofed about a decade ago and allegedly a cellar that has been capped off in the room under the main staircase.

Hopes this helps a bit

Pages: [1]