MOORDOWN HISTORY

Thanks for that Philip --I've uploaded a copy onto the Cottage webpage, with a link to download from there.. or directly by clicking HERE

Interesting reading Jill....I've posted a link to a copy of the letter onto the website, and linked back to this thread so everyone can keep up to date more easily. It's good to read about a formal connection between the Application and the Cottage repairs being made... I haven't been able to look a...

While the lead up to the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the Great War was greatly heralded druing 2014, no one at that time seemed to be thinking about how to commemorate the 100th anniversary of events throughout the war. You mention the Somme for example. Probably the mo...

Thanks for those details STM..... I don't think Alfred James was our builder........ I've had a look at some Kelly's entries from around that time. There seem to have been 3 'Verriers' living in Bournemouth from the 1930s.... but not in the 1920s, so unlikely to have been involved in the Moordown Sh...

Well it's an unusual name, so that could well be him... or at least from the same family. I'll see what I can discover using him as a starting reference.. Thanks Philip.

Does anyone have any information on a local builder/ developer named Verrier?.... It seems likely that he developed at least one of the shopping parades in Moordown during the 1920s... either Grand Parade, the Strand or Tennyson Buildings... and he was involved in building private housing around Fer...

Well, looks like I was wrong on the suggestion that the deterioration might be intentional......it was good to see Mike Stokes (father of the cottage owner Matthew Stokes) at the group meeting on Wednesday. From his comments there, it looks as if the cottage will hopefully be renovated after all.......

The Memorial looks rather splendid, surrounded by spring daffodils. Just in time for the 71st anniversary of the crash - which is today!

You can see the photo by clicking HERE

Just to advise that we now have a photo of the 7th crew member of JP137 ...Sgt. MacGregor. Thanks to Susan Chislett for finding this. I've added it to the Aircrew details on this page: http://www.jp137.com/index.php?slab=the-aircrew Susan is still looking for a photo of her great uncle, Percy Chisle...

It certainly looks as if things are slipping back a bit.... There's more rubbish in the garden again.. I think we may need to ask Sue Anderson if there are any other 'avenues' we can explore.....This current one seems to be exhausted?.... Meanwhile, the Cottage continues to deteriorate...... a cynic...