LHS Meeting Monday 21 October 2019: planned future activities, graveyard survey, Heathcote’s letters home from Peru, Roman Road and Hollow Way
Meeting Report Thursday 2 May 2019: The discovery and publication of Barbara Clegg’s long-hidden history of Compton & Shawford, future activities.
The Otterbourne Road: A brief history of tracks, routes and roads in Compton & Shawford with references to J.S.Drew and J.P.Williams-Freeman
Arthur Heathcote – Letters home from the Peruvian Sierra 1873 to his mother and sisters describing the long sea journey and life in the Peruvian altiplano
The Story of a Quiet Parish: a hidden gem discovered in the Hampshire Record Office and now published for the enjoyment of Compton & Shawford residents
Barbara Large MBE, FRSA, FHUW (1932-2019) – remembering Barbara, her contribution to writing and to the community, with details of memorial services
The Wayside Cross – 101 years on: details about designing and fund-raising for the Wayside Cross, and of the dedication service on 24 April 1918.
All Saints Church Font – Even Stones Tell Stories: the history of the Norman font, what it’s made of, and 20th Century changes.
LHS Meeting Thursday 2 May 2019: planned future activities, Barbara Clegg’s Story of a Quiet Parish, publications since last meeting
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves – the February 1952 Parish Magazine’s review of the 1952 Shawford pantomime, written and produced by Barbara Clegg.
Major Hartley Honeyman: sportsman, founding member and first treasurer of the relaunched Tennis Club in the late 1980s, Parish Magazine production supremo
Sid Russell – Parish Council Chairman, Parish Magazine Editor, and well-known for the village Christmas parties which he began.