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Warwickshire / Re: Does anyone live in or know Ullenhall?
« on: Monday 19 November 07 08:34 GMT (UK)  »
PS Annette,
Sorry to be so dumb! I see the photo's were sent in by yourself on 23/10/2007! You can be fully and absolutely assured that they are indeed of the Barrells Hall Lodge and therefore your Mum's birthplace. I knew those grounds as a young lad like the back of my hand. We used to camp in B/Hall grounds to try and witness the phantom coach of Lady Luxborough as it departed up the drive and past the old Lodge. Many old timers claimed in those day's to have seeing the phantom coach. My sister, now a very prominant Haematologist in the UK, once heard the sad crying of Lady Luxborough in the ruins of Barrells Hall.
I wonder if the new owners and developers of the Lodge are aware they have a phantom coach riding past their property at the bewithching, moonlit hour!
If you want to know anything else my e mail address is stephen.worsley@transnet.net.
Kind Regards.

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Warwickshire / Re: Does anyone live in or know Ullenhall?
« on: Monday 19 November 07 08:11 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Annette,
The photographs sent in by a correspondent on 23/10/2007 are definetly of Barrells Hall Lodge (the old B/H gate house) located on the Ullenhall to Henley in Arden road. My father was Vicar of Ullenhall during the 1960's and I used to regularly play in the old B/Hall ruins. In those days it was owned by a wealthy builder by the surname of Dare. The Lodge was still in use and a friend of a friend of mine lived there. I live in South Africa and have not been back to Ullenhall for well over 30years. I would imagine the Lodge is still there and in use as it was in good condition and must now be of some significant historic value. My friend (One of the Hurst's; an old Ullenhall family) lived opposite the lodge. Hope this helps, but you most definetly have found your Barrelles Hall Lodge in that correspondence and photo of 23/10/2007. My old school teacher Mrs. Friend witnessed the Hall burn down in the 1930's.  Kindest Regards.

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