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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The abandoned hamlet of Snap was reclaimed by woodland, but stories of the inhabitants and the history of the place have been gathered over the years. #ExploreYourArchive theme for September #Erased #OnePlaceWednesday

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Walked into a beautiful misty early morning yesterday. Took a moment to reflect how quiet the village must have been when the service personnel left. The display at Aldbourne Heritage Centre shows the last chapters of the story. #OnePlaceWednesday aldbourneheritage.org.uk/ww2mem

Early morning mist over the football field in Aldbourne with the sun just above the rooftops. The Memorial Stone and Cecil Newton Memorial tree in the foreground.

The last section of a display at the Aldbourne Heritage Centre showing that the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment arrived on 16th September 1943, and departed for Market Garden on 16 September 1944. The 17th Ordnance Beach Detachment, Royal Army Ordnance Corps arrived 5 September 1944 and departed 21 May 1945. The 550th Glider Infantry Battalion arrived 10 December 1944 and departed 22 December 1944.

Close up of the memorial stone which reads as follows IN MEMORY OF THOSE SERVICE PERSONNEL STATIONED IN ALDBOURNE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR OUR FREEDOM. WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Jesse Williams Westall (1890-1921) Like so many others, Jesse died from TB contracted whilst serving during WWI. He is buried in St Michael's Churchyard and remembered on Aldbourne War Memorial Hall

Gravestone. Inscription reads In ever loving memory of Jesse the beloved husband of Eva Westall who died 31 March 1921 aged 30 years. Peace perfect peace.

Aldbourne War Memorial Hall opened in July 1922 and bearing the names of men from the parish who died in both world wars

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

William Thomas Loveday (1864-1943) and the foundry in Lottage Road which later became Aldbourne Engineering. Photo: Accession number DZSWS:2008.7026 @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social

black and white photograph showing 5 workmen standing beside sign W.T. Loveday, Iron and Brass Founder. Tangles of metal and agricultural machinery in the background. A shed in the middle ground and houses in the background. All helping to pin-point the location of the foundry along Lottage Road, Aldbourne.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

In 1851 there were six families in the hamlet of Snap, plus the farm owner and his household. All the cottagers were in receipt of parish relief, at school or worked the land - except for Mrs Ann Grant, the schoolmistress. By 1914 Snap was deserted and derelict. #OnePlaceWednesday #OnePlaceLabourers

Photo shows a large triangular sarsen and a small engraved memorial stone. The small stone has an inscription that reads in memory of the people of Snap Toothill School 5th August 1991. So exactly 35 years ago today the children at Toothill School in Swindon celebrated their project to trace the history of Snap by placing a memorial stone on the site of the deserted hamlet

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

In 2003 John 'Jack' Agnew ("Filthy 13") came to Aldbourne, and is pictured here with fellow veterans and with the late Harry Alexander, who stood with the guard of honour formed by re-enactors on that day. #OnePlaceWednesday #BandOfBrothers

Three American army veterans that were based in the Kennet Valley during WWII. Jack Agnew centre. The other two gents are Earl McClung and Paul Rogers. I think Paul Rogers is on the right.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Aldbourne Parish Church was re-dedicated to St Michael in 1460. But despite that, the Aldbourne Feast Fair depends on a previous dedication. 22 July is the Feast of St Mary Magdalen. Aldbourne Feast starts on "the first Monday after the first Sunday after Mary Magdalene Day" #OnePlaceWednesday

1906 photo showing stalls and the crowd gathered for Aldbourne Feast

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Tony Gilligan ordered about 500 of these for the village carnival around 1970. Since finding the first yellow badge, I've heard of two more blue pin badges kept as mementos. Are there any other colours? Any more out there? How far has this Dabchick flown? #DabchicksAbroad #OnePlaceWednesday

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Getting ready to track down Flora & Fauna this weekend. We will enjoy a stroll round the village looking out for clues. Organised by the Aldbourne Community Heritage Group aldbourneheritage.org.uk #OnePlaceWednesday 🌼🐎

Poster for the Flora and Fauna summer quiz which will take place for Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th July. Prize is a Family Day out at Bowood Park. Pick up Quiz sheets at the Heritage Centre from 10am on Saturday 18th and return them by 5pm on Sunday 19th July. Entry is free but donations are welcome.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

David Kenyon Webster "fondly recalls the downland village where his unit was billeted in 1943 and 1944, when England was an embattled island and all the tourists wore khaki". Available from the Aldbourne Heritage Centre, pubs and Post Office. Also Amazon if you can't #ShopLocal #OnePlaceWednesday

Photo shows the cover of a booklet entitled Aldbourne's Awakening a memoir of Aldbourne in 1944 by David Kenyon Webster author of Parachute Infantry and one of the Band of Brothers. The emblems of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment and Kenyon's sketch of the Aldbourne village pond with the church in the background also features.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Apples are thriving on the tree beside the memorial stone Cecil Newton unveiled in 2024 here in Aldbourne. His likeness is now alongside the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards Memorial in Creully sur Seulles. With thanks to the Newton family. #OnePlaceWednesday

A memorial stone to all service personnel stationed in Aldbourne, with poppy wreath, next to an apple tree dedicated to Cecil Newton commemorating all from the village who fought in the Second World War. The photo is taken in the evening with long shadows giving way to sunshine, houses and hills in the distance.

Apples on Cecil's tree beside the football field in Aldbourne

Bust of Cecil Newton unveiled at the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards Memorial in Creully sur Seulles during the D-Day commemorations 2026.

Close up of the head and shoulders bronze sculpture depicting Cecil Newton born 1923 died 2025 at the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards Memorial in Creully sur Seulles. The inscription reads Liberator and Friend of Normandy, Citizen of Honour of Creully sur Seulles.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The yellow flags are out by the village pond today 💛

the picture shows the edge of the village pond in Aldbourne with yellow iris just starting to emerge

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The village is still buzzing when the sun shines. Ida Gandy: Heart of a Village, a study of Aldbourne published in 1975 #WorldBeeDay2026 and #OnePlaceWednesday

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Incredible to see footage from the 101st Airborne Association visiting Aldbourne in 1974 via BBC Wiltshire, including Oliver Hawkins, Anthony Brown, Joseph Beyrle and Aldbourne Band #OnePlaceWednesday #OnePlaceVisitors www.facebook.com/reel/8879988...

A slide projected onto a wall, having been found in a box from the late Maureen Albright - Aldbourne Photographic Club. The photo shows a gathering on Aldbourne village green in 1974 with speakers standing on the market cross and flags flying

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Studland Bay memorial to the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards who died on 4 April 1944. Cecil Newton lived in Aldbourne and spent a lifetime honouring his fallen comrades. Cecil died, aged 101, just days before Aldbourne commemorated VE Day 80. The apple tree planted in his name is about to blossom.

Studland Bay memorial for the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards who died during Exercise Smash 1 on 4th April 1944. Photo 2025. The Memorial is polished black with gold lettering mounted on stone. Poppy wreaths have been laid and there are boats on the sea in the background. The names of the fallen are Lieutenant Charles Robert Gould (C Squadron, 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards), Sergeant Victor Hartley (C Squadron, 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards), Corporal Arthur Jackson Park (C Squadron, 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards), Corporal Victor Noel Townson (B Squadron, 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards), Trooper Albert Victor Kirby (C Squadron, 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards), Trooper Earnest Granville Petty (C Squadron, 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards)

Apple tree dedicated to Cecil Newton planted during the Aldbourne village commemoration for VE Day in 2025. The leaves are out and the blossom is about to appear.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Blooming beautiful blossom by Aldbourne Pond this morning. The cherry tree was planted in 1976 as a memorial for Mr Oliver Hawkins (1889-1975). Heritage Centre now open at weekends. Staffed by enthusiastic volunteers. To check opening times please visit aldbourneheritage.org.uk

Pink cherry blossom on a tree by the Aldbourne village pond. St Michael's Church is in the background and in front is a banner showing that the Aldbourne Heritage Centre is now open at weekends. Operated by volunteers so if making a long or special journey please contact the centre to check it will be open https://aldbourneheritage.org.uk/

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

My history haul from the Oxfam bookshop in Marlborough today, including *All for the Empire* by Roger Trayhurn and Mark Child. In 1910 the play *The Village Wedding* written by Charles McEvoy for the Aldbourne Players was performed at The Empire, Swindon #OnePlaceStudy #OnePlaceWednesday

Photo shows three books. Ramsbury Then and Now by Barbara Croucher. All for the Empire by Roger Trayhurn and Mark Child. Holy Wells of Cornwall by A Lane-Davies, Federation of Old Cornwall Studies

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Paused to check bubbles of blossom just beginning. I'm not sure if this tree IS the one planted in 1937, but every year the blossom is a herald of spring, and it's a joy to watch the flowers appear #Aldbourne

The picture shows tiny bubbles of prunus blossom with the Aldbourne watercourse, brook or bourne along South Street.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

"Highly approved in the Royal Household, Wheeler's Pastry Powder produces a handsome, wholesome and delicious article in pie-crusts ... and all kinds of pastry" As supported by the inventor of the celebrated Agricultural Liquid Drill, Mr Chandler of Aldbourne #OnePlaceAdverts Marlborough Times 1860

Marlborough Times 1860. Source British Newspaper Archive. Advert reads "BROTHER FARMERS Wheeler's Pastry Powder is used at North Farm, making bread, which it greatly improves, both for lightness and whiteness. Valuable testimonial from Eton College: Wheeler's Pastry Powder has been well tested in the kitchen, and found to answer admirably"

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Good to stay connected, for #BrewMonday and any day 🫖 @samaritans.bsky.social Remembering 50 years : Aldbourne Beating the Bounds (2014)

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Printing blocks made during the 1970s/early 1980s for postcards showing work by Ann Sullivan. Possibly for Aldbourne Civic Society. These images are created from photos of the plates, flipped and tweaked into black and white with digital magic. #AldbourneInArt #ArtInAldbourne #OnePlaceWednesday

Etched copper plates with a business card from R J Gallimore, Printing and Stationery, address 120 London Road, Marlborough. Five digitally enhanced photos showing Aldbourne from Baden Hill, West Street, the Pond, the Square and The Butts.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Wood and copper printing plates featuring sketches of Aldbourne by Ann Sullivan, who lived in Aldbourne during the 1970s and 1980s. I'm guessing made back in the 1970s (but not 100% sure). Now I know how the postcards were made if not exactly when! #OnePlaceWednesday #AldbourneInArt

The image shows copper etched Aldbourne village scenes mounted on solid wood blocks. They are very detailed. The artist was Ann Sullivan who lived in the village during the 1970s and 1980s. The photo also shows a business card for R J Gallimore printing and stationery 120 London Road Marlborough.

A postcard with an Ann Sullivan signature presumably printed from the wooden and copper blocks. But there are some differences which may be down to the blocks being worn from use.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

13 November 1925 newspapers reported that Aldbourne's Four Barrows were selected for official preservation as just one of many sites (over 70 according to the paper) on 'Wiltshire's numerous list' (photo 2011)

Looking back towards Aldbourne village from Four Barrows showing the beech and hawthorn trees on the track with hills in the distance and cloudy skies

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

St Michael's Churchyard is the final resting place of William Henry Walker, who died in 1941 aged 77. The last of a long line of dew pond makers #OnePlaceWednesday #31DaysOfGraves

Gravestone in St Michael's Churchyard Aldbourne. Inscription reads Peace in loving memory of Mary Jane Walker who departed this life 12 Feb 1937 aged 78 years. Also of her husband William Henry Walker the last of a long line of dew pond makers who died 31 July 1941 aged 77 years. Reunited

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Inspired to wander up to the top of St Michael's Churchyard for a moment of quiet. Paused on the way up for a breather and the colours on the beech tree are stunning. #31DaysOfGraves #Landscapes #OnePlaceWednesday

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Oh wow, what a discovery by @thelineagefinder.bsky.social My most recent find was a copy of A Country Camera by Gordon Winter (1971 edition) in the second-hand bookshop at @valeanddownland.bsky.social featuring Blossom, Golden and Spark in the capable hands of Harry Wootton and Arthur Watts (1911)

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

One of Aldbourne's great institutions, shared today for #OnePlaceWednesday - with thanks for posting the concert photo to @janh1.bsky.social 🙂 Photo today shows the band in 1885, from the Aldbourne Civic Society Archive ref 155

Photo dated 1885, with ten men and two boys all in uniform with peaked military style caps and at least one man with stripes on his sleeve. Instruments range from a large drum, trombone, and cornets.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

John Veitch (1856 - 1920), Royal Navy, then Coastguard at Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex and in retirement landlord at both the Crown and Blue Boar pubs in Aldbourne. Remembered at the weekend at the St Michael's Church Discovery Day - our village links with the sea #31DaysOfGraves #OnePlaceWednesday

The grave of John and Emily Veitch in Aldbourne churchyard shows an anchor on the cross

The grave of John and Emily Veitch in Aldbourne churchyard shows an anchor on the cross. This photo shows a close up of the anchor.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Last weekend I met with a WWII evacuee to Aldbourne in 1939 with many memories and photographs to share. Inspired by this connection, I've been researching Raphael Tuck & Sons postcards. Love this one, showing the 'village council' gathering by the bench in the square Source: www.tuckdbpostcards.org

Aldbourne village pond in sepia tint with Pond House the Crown Inn and St Michael's Church. There is a gathering near the bench in the square where village worthies have long rested to chat and to put the world to rights.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

A simple and intensely moving commemoration. The National Two Minute Silence for VJ Day 80 at Aldbourne Memorial Hall on Friday 15 August 2025

Photo includes a poppy wreath labelled VJ 80 which was placed on the Aldbourne Memorial Hall at the commemoration also an arrangement of yellow flowers laid in tribute for a father who served in the Burma campaign. Other photos show the names of those who died in the Second World War remembered on the Aldbourne Memorial Hall and the chalkboard giving notice of the Two Minute Silence that was placed by the hall committee to alert passers by during the days leading up to VJ Day. Our vicar and two representatives from the village who gave readings are shown during the service with the wreath and flowers in position.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Love this little tree. Blossoms and berries make frames in their season. #DiggingBandOfBrothers Operation Nightingale #OnePlaceWednesday #Aldbourne

Football field Farm Lane Aldbourne. Site of the American Army Camp during the second World War. The Pitch with goalposts and houses in the distance are framed by haw berries and green leaves.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

TODAY: A long standing village institution, supporting an even older village institution! The 21st Aldbourne Artists Exhibition (founded by Andrea & Peter West) in the Aldbourne Memorial Hall. Free entry to view and find a work of art. Profits to Hall funds. 10-4 Sunday 10 August 2025 🎨

A banner advertising the Aldbourne Art Exhibition beside the bench commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Aldbourne Memorial Hall opening in 1922. The Art Exhibition is raising funds for the Hall which can be seen in the background.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Harvest at Eastleaze, Aldbourne circa 1941. From the Aldbourne Civic Society archives #OnePlaceStudies #OnePlaceWednesday

Two large horses possibly Shires standing still hitched to what looks like a baling machine. One of the horses has a nosebag. The driver of the machine may also have his lunch which was brought to him by a woman in a summer dress standing by the baler. Two traditional hayricks can be seen in the distance and beyond those the rolling Aldbourne downs.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Each year harebells spring up in a different place in the churchyard, and focus our attention on a different family grave. This year we are thinking about Florence Kate Bowes, died aged 9 years 6 months in March 1914, and her parents Joseph and Rose #HarebellChallenge @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Harebell soft blue flowers growing in long grass beside a gravestone with the churchyard of St Michael's, Aldbourne in the distance

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Definitely not a Dabchick! Thank you to everyone concerned with the Aldbourne Scarecrow Trail this weekend. A truly community inspired event supporting Aldbourne Churches Together and St Michael's School, Aldbourne PSA.

Aldbourne village pond, famous for the origin of the Dabchick legend. A a little grebe spotted in the dim and distant past or was it a sea woodcock or bobchick? Over the weekend 12 and 13 July the pond had a new occupant. A Loch Ness monster swam amongst the water lilies.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Aldbourne Over 60's Club (later Silver Threads) started in 1952, organised by Mrs Marjory Sergeant and a group of friends. Meetings were originally in the Church Room, Marlborough Road. This may be a photo of the First Birthday Party for this excellent group. #OnePlaceWednesday #OnePlaceStudies

A gathering of older folk at the Silver Threads in Aldbourne. Centre stage is a cake with a single candle, so we think this was a first birthday celebration for the group.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Missed out on the purchase of Aldbourne Pond II by Bill Pike at auction recently, with reflections of the fair in the water, and a sketch showing the fountain in place for 1977. I wonder how it looked for Her Majesty's Silver Jubilee? Was a centrepiece created as per the request in the Parish News?

Photo from the Aldbourne Heritage Centre collection shows the village pond at night. This was possibly how it looked for Her Majesty's Silver Jubilee in 1977. Jets of water from a central fountain lit by coloured lights below the water. Lights also hanging around the pond.

Cover of the Silver Jubilee 1977 programme for Aldbourne. Red letters spell out The Silver Jubilee 1977 and the royal crest is below in silver print.

Aldbourne Parish News April 1977
We invite ideas from anyone who may be interested, for a suitable Pond Fountain Display during the forthcoming Jubilee Celebrations. The Carnival Fountain will be used for the central display, and if someone can design and make an attractive centrepiece to fix to the fountain, it will add to the pleasures of the occasion. This provides a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate one's artistic ability, and at the same time provide enjoyment to others. There must surely be SOMEONE prepared to help the village and come to our aid?
A suitable centrepiece might become a permanent part of the Pond fountain display. Time is not with us, hence the urgency of the this appeal. Will persons having serious thoughts on this problem be good enough to contact the Editor as soon as possible so that action can be taken.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

On the Green, or should that be In the Pink? Hope to see hummingbird hawkmoths and flutterbyes here later in the year 🌸🦋

A mass of valerian in two shades of pink growing by the road sign for The Green in Aldbourne. A red brick and sarsen wall behind the flowers and the church tower in the background with a threatening sky

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Ida Gandy, The Heart of a Village: An Intimate History of Aldbourne, published in the summer of 1975. A Golden Anniversary Gandy Dandy "glowing on every verge and bank, sending its beautiful, mischievous flakes into every garden. No wonder it survived the Ice Age" #OnePlaceWednesday #OnePlaceStudies

Yellow dandelion flower with a very happy bee dappled with pollen

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

A poem of a morning in Aldbourne #OnePlaceWednesday #OnePlaceStudies "Where the cow-parsley skirts the hawthorn-hedge. 'Tis visible silence, still as the hour-glass" [Rossetti]

Bright green beech hedge with white cow-parsley flowers. One flower has a pollinator on it. Not sure if it is a bee.

Heavy white hawthorn blossom with the village football field beyond. Over the weekend this field was a hive of military vehicles, choirs, local dignitaries and memories for VE Day 80.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Missed #OnePlaceWednesday, today is #IsItStraight Thursday, with the History Hound checking my display for #VE80 at the weekend. Did you know a lemon sold for £500 during 'War Weapons Week' fundraising? Rusty could tell you ALL about it 🐾So much history, so little time and space to tell the stories.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Paused by the pond this morning (L-R) *Horse chestnut (Silver Jubilee George V 1935) *Thatched Bus Shelter - memorial to one of the young men who helped plant that tree: Flight Lieutenant Guy Richard Brown, DFC, RAF died 6th September 1945 *Cherry tree planted in honour of Mr Oliver Hawkins (1976)

Foreground of photo is the interpretation panel provided and maintained by Aldbourne Parish Council. Framed by apple blossom in front of the village pond with trees reflected in the water.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

#TinyPlants in the Aldbourne landscape for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social this evening. Germander Speedwell. A blue blessing for a safe journey, or a warning that birds will attack your eyes if you pick the flowers. Folklore is a truly diverse (and sometimes frightening) thing!

Blue germander speedwell on the edge of a flinty field with green field and trees in the distance with a grey sky

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

One of our favourite family places. Dad used to take me there to explore way back in the day. Visited with the Crofton Beam Engines assistant site manager back in 2023, exploring her ancestry with industrial history.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

I’m joining in with the Society for One Place Studies challenge for April 2025 #OnePlaceAToZ and will be adding more on each #OnePlaceWednesday through the month. aldbournearchive.wordpress.com/2025/04/05/a...

Cartoon featuring Dabchick Dan. We think on his first appearance in print. Aldbourne Parish News April 1978. Dan is commenting on a very elaborate Easter Bonnet he says Easter Bonnet? There's many a gardener round here as would envy you that lot missus

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

We made it down to Studland Bay this time last year. In our thoughts today.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Aldbourne Heritage Centre is open and the blossoms are just starting to pop into colour on Oliver Hawkins' tree 🌸☀️https://aldbournearchive.wordpress.com/2020/04/18/oliver-hawkins-1889-1975

Aldbourne Heritage Centre open banner. Aldbourne Heritage Centre is next to the Crown pub. The banner is on the railings around the village pond and next to a tree dedicated to Oliver Hawkins.

Cherry blossom just starting to flower on the tree by the pond in Aldbourne.

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Watercolour of the old school in Aldbourne by Olive Cowen née Robinson, who along with her brother Patrick was evacuated to the village during WWII. The painting was put on display at the 150th birthday exhibition at St Michael's School in 2007. #OnePlaceStudy #OnePlaceEducation

Watercolour painting of the Victorian school built in Aldbourne 1857, demolished in the 1960s and replaced by the present buildings.

Photographs and artefacts showing classes and buildings and faces from the old school days in Aldbourne, including Olive's watercolour on display in 2007.

Scrummy cake made to celebrate the school's 150th anniversary

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Aldbourne Archive @aldbournearchive.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

The wild daffodils dance in the spring sunshine, but the cautious hypocaust still wears a fleece in case of frost 🥶#YellowFlowers at Chedworth Roman Villa this morning @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

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