The letter below paints a vivid picture of the traumas of the long voyage out to New Zealand and the hardship and exploitation suffered by the emigrants when they arrived. ...
I remember Dad and I taking our ponies to be shoed by Harry Jackson, the Blacksmith, in Beausale, when I was a little girl during the 1960s. He lived in ...
Everyone who works, or has worked, in an archive will tell you that you go looking for one thing, and you come across something entirely different. This happened to me ...
1 A stone-built chapel inside the bailey. Practically the whole of the E wall remains, with its small window and a portion of the S wall including the piscina. Built ...
The remains of a Medieval chapel which was associated with Hartshill Castle. Only two walls of the chapel remain and they are situated to the east of Hartshill Hayes Country Park.
1 Stands in a commanding position. Fortified in the time of Henry I (1100-35) as a motte and bailey castle (PRN 241), possibly by Hugh de Hardreshull. Only the earthworks ...
The remains of Hartshill Castle, which was originally built during the Medieval period. It is situated on the east side of Hartshill Hayes Country Park.
I was at school at Hartshill South when World War Two was going on. The school holidays went on as normal. At night I heard the planes going over and ...
