Hopping off at Cheddleton Station on the preserved Churnet Valley Railway, I climbed up to Basford Green and the wonderful little village of Ipstones. Whilst in Ipstones, I visited the local ROC bunker, which sits in the lee of a hill down a farm track, ... Travelling around the north east of Tamworth into Clifton Campville and Harlaston, I noticed this fairytale cottage on the edge of the estate at Thorpe Constantine? Sadly, last weekend, the weather was again rubbish. ...
From Hazel bBasford/b of the Kent Bellringers.. http://www.fwlewis.btinternet.co.uk/ww1page/ww1.htm. One of the most interesting items I received through contact with families has been the photograph of the original grave marker on the grave of Merrick R b..../b Also demolished, but backed on to the railway line running between Hither bGreen/b and Grove Park. There is a footpath beside the house, (now the Stratfield House flats) which was renamed The Railway Children Walk in 1996. ...
To keep them away from my favorite garden vegetable, bgreen/b beans, I invested in several rolls of chicken wire this spring. I ran it all the way around my bean patch and, because I went with pole beans this year, six feet high. b...../b From Mike bBasford/b on 08/18/08 at 4:37 pm. Now that's some straight talk from the party of personal responsibility! It's the Viet Cong's fault that Carol McCain got cheated on and then dumped for a hot young beer heiress! b.../b
