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WAR HORSE opened in the cinemas 13th January 2012. Did anyone in your Yardley family go into WW1 and was involved with looking after the horses or riding them. If I have enough information from you I will add this to the WW1 pages. William Glenn of Yardley Gobion prepared horses for Harry Weston to send for the soldiers as in the picture.  In 2014 it was 100 years since the beginning of WW I. BRENDA

11th November 2018 It is now 100 year since the end of World War 1.  War Horse continues to be popular in theatres.

Were you one of the children who came to live for a while at the “Home for little boys” run by Mr Fegan’s homes (later girls also) in Yardley Gobion or earlier in the first half of 20th century were you or an older member of your family fostered with a village family, if so I would love to hear from you, BRENDA

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I heard from the son of Reginald Bennett during 2018.  Reginald was admitted to Fegan’s homes before WW1, he lived with two different guardians in Yardley Gobion while he spent time at the village school they were Mrs Watts & Mrs Smith. His son went on to tell me how he got on in later life. –

(He stayed with the railways (LNWR, LMS and later BR). He was a member of the Eastern Electricity Board and Basildon Development Corporation., and did two spells as chairman of Essex County Council. during which time he played a major part in the relief work after the east coast floods, for which he was subsequently knighted.  He was also a magistrate and deputy Lieutenant for Essex.  So he didn’t do too bad for a Fegan boy!)

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I had the pleasure of meeting a large group of ex-Yardley Fegan boys at a reunion in Stony Stratford during 2017.  Brenda

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LATEST NEWS!!!

November 2018 – The new website is almost complete and includes some items not on the older one, these include the beginning of the photo archive of the buildings  the Militia list 17th Dec 1777 and Hearth tax 1674.

All earlier additions are now on the MAIN menu above under Archived Additions.

FUTURE PROJECTS

Information required on the beginning of the Children’s centre, I have photographs but would like to have some text to add.  If you were one of those enthusiastic people involved in its inception I would love to hear from you.  The same applies to the Recreation Centre.

The building of the canal through the village.

Information required on the Toll Gate that was up on the Pury road near where the allotments are now. I have only a minute amount of information about this.

Village Halls:- Building and then closing of the Old Social Hall and the building of the Silver Jubilee Village Hall followed by the building of the New Recreation Hall.

The connection between the Hortons who have been living in the village up until just over a year ago and the farmers by the name of Horton who had Prospect house (High House) built in 1757. Have you been researching your family (Hortons) tree?

What were the youth up to in the last 60-70 years? This is the area where there are many people who can contribute their memories and often pictures to go with them, these are of great interest to many of their contemporaries.

The history and personages of the Congregational church (the chapel)..

The Public Houses of the village.

 If you have information on any of these topics or are prepared to do some research contact BRENDA

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