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Helmdon Branch WEA - Publications
Charity reg. no: 1112775
Printed Publications
Aspects
of Helmdon No 1 (1997) [sold
out but there may be a copy at The Old Hall Bookshop, or it can be loaned from
Northamptonshire Libraries or the County Record Office]
contains analysis of census information and articles on the Old Bakehouse,
the railways of Helmdon, and lace making, as well as an article on
the recording of oral history and an example of it.
Aspects of Helmdon No 2 (1998) [sold out but see above] contains an article on Helmdon Enclosures
of the eighteenth century by Val Moir, work on the four public houses
(only one remains) by Audrey Forgham née Harwood, an account
of the work that went on in the village (church churchyard, chapel
war memorial, etc.) transcribing the inscriptions by Val Moir, and
the wartime reminiscences of Mary Turnham, Harold Seckington and Alice
Hearne.
Aspects of Helmdon No 3 (1999) [a
few copies left] contains a history of Helmdon School from
log books 1872-1990, by former head master, Geoff Ipgrave. Also The
WEA (40 years in Helmdon) by Audrey Forgham née Harwood; a
contribution from Nancy Wheeler on Wine and Wild Flowers; and the
reminiscences of Marjorie Watson, née Gulliver, whose childhood was
spent at Grange Farm. Copies available as below.
Aspects of Helmdon No 4 (2001) [a few
copies left] contains the Story of Jeffs Coaches, a focus
on Cross Lane, the Manorial history of Helmdon, the Story of the Gullivers,
History from Falcutt Fields, an article about Helmdon Stone and the
Roll of Honour of Old Boys of Helmdon Council School serving in the
Great War 1914-1918. Copies available as below.
Aspects of Helmdon No 5 (2004) [a few copies
left] contains articles on The Shops of Helmdon, A Craftman's
Notebook, The History of Helmdon Parish Council, Helmdon and the World
Beyond, and the Reminiscences of Jim Watson. Copies available as below.
AAspects
of Helmdon No 6
Aspects
of Helmdon No 6 (2008) is now on sale Hwelmdon
It contains articles on Helmdon Buildings - Continuity & Change, Reminiscences of Evacuation from Malcolm Care, The Watsons - The Story of a Family, Reminiscences of Joan McCann, The Helmdon Cart, Glebe Farm Barn (with photos of the 1844 wash paintings of the old rectory), Reminiscences of Noreen White, In-Service at Falcutt House in the Thirties, Within Living Memory, and Helmdon from the 1901 Census Records.
Read the independent reviews
of WEA Helmdon Branch publications.
Aspects
of Helmdon is published by Helmdon
branch WEA, and nos. 3, 4 and 5 are priced at £3
and available from Richard Foster
A copy costs £3.75 if it includes post and packing in the UK. Cheques
are payable to "Helmdon Studies Group". (Overseas: Euros,
US and Canadian dollars accepted, postage price on application).
Please contact:
Richard Foster
1 Wappenham Road
Helmdon
Northamptonshire
NN13 5QA
e-mail
WEA Charity reg. no. 1112775
Inscriptions
In 1997-8 the group, under the direction of Val Moir, transcribed
the inscriptions in the parish church, churchyard, chapel, war memorial and elsewhere
round the village. There are over 500 entries, beginning in the
mid-seventeenth century. Where possible the most appropriate entry
in the burial register has been added. The Inscriptions are now
on the web site, but we can search them for you if you prefer
for a fee of £1.00 (British Isles £1, USA £2 or 3 dollars)
to include printouts of entries. Cheques to be made out to WEA Helmdon
Branch. Please contact:
Mrs Audrey Forgham,
The Old Barn
Cross Lane
Helmdon
Northamptonshire
NN13 5QL
or
email Audrey Forgham
Village Film
In
April 2000 we finished the film HELMDON 1999 "A Year in the
Life of Helmdon".
Copies have been be given to the Record Office for posterity (with
explanatory typescript) and to the Parish Council, and are available
for loan by village organisations from the Richard
Farquharson.
Helmdon
Web Site
The creation
of a Helmdon web site was first mooted
in 1999. Now maintained by the Helmdon branch WEA with Danny Moody
as Webmaster, and Audrey Forgham as Editor the web site has become
a resource for the whole village.
The site has received much praise. In March 2002 it received the
Amdow Web Design Community Website Award. Then the web site was
reviewed by BBC's Radio Five team as part of Simon Mayo's regular
"Top Web Sites of the Week" feature, and in April 2002
they placed it fourth. A year later the site was acclaimed the UK
Villages Online Web Site for 2003.
Further success came in the Calor Village of the Year 2005, when
the web site was instrumental in Helmdon winning the ICT Village
of the Year for Central England (see
press cutting).
The web site
is being developed on an on-going basis. We would welcome your suggestions
and comments.
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