The Local History Group

The Local History Group was formed in 2008

Meeting at Pondside, Kiln Lane, the founder members of the group were as follows :-

History Exhibitions. The Group has managed to put on an exhibition almost every other year. The first as a School Reunion run by Rosemary Mortham just before the Group was started. All subsequent Exhibitions were the work of all members, with some taking a special interest.

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Lacey Green Walk part 3. August 2023, from the Methodist Chapel to the Whip. click 2023 Local History Group Walk part 3

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Exhibition Summer 2022 Granny's Attic. click 2022 Granny's Attic Exhibition for Photos

Exhibition of Domestic Bygones, mostly Victorian/Edwardian. Collated by Rosemary Mortham and held in the garage at Pondside, Kiln Lane. Lacey Green. The new local history media wiki being developed was also demonstrated.

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Lacey Green Walk part 2. Summer 2022, from Kiln Lane to the Methodist Chapel.

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Lacey Green Walk part 1. 2021. Church Lane etc. Outside as during the Covid epidemic.

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Exhibition November 2019. Village Memories. Held in Lacey Green School Hall

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Exhibition November 2018 click 2018 History Exhibition Held in Lacey Green Church

Celebrating the centenary of the end of WW1. click 1918 School Armistice Celebrations

Celebrating the centenary of the Royal Air Force, formed from the Royal Flying Corps in 1918. Several men who trained in those early days had homes here during WW2, by then high ranking officers. click RAF Local Residents for more details

A full history of each will be given at the exhibition, giving photographs, details of their lifetime careers, their honours and awards, families and their association here with other details such as the planes they flew.

the history of Bomber Command together with the controversy it provoked.

the Suffragettes. see 1913 Saunderton Railway Station Gutted by Fire

The celebration parade of the schoolchildren will be reported. see 1918 School Armistice Celebrations

The influenza pandemic of 1919. see 1919 Influenza Pandemic

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Exhibition September 23rd -24th 2017. Local Crafts. Held in Lacey Green School Hall

Special emphasis on Bodgers, Brickmaking and Lace Making.

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Exhibition November 12th-13th 2015 History of the Church and Chapels. Held in Lacey Green Church.

Church by Rosemary Mortham and Doug Tilbury. Methodist Chapel - work of Dennis Claydon (recently deceased). Baptist Chapel by Joyce Walker.

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Exhibition Summer 2015. Wedding Dresses. Held in Lacey Green Church. click 2015 Wedding Dresses Exhibition for Photos

Exhibition of Wedding Dresses. Collated by Margaret Gray. Photos by Caroline Egerton

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Exhibition November 2014. The Start of World War One. Held in Lacey Green Church

Much work done on the men who died in the Great War by Rita Probert and Dennis Claydon

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Exhibition May 2011.

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Exhibition November 1913. The Way we were. Held in the Village Hall (click 2013 LHG exhibition "The Way We Were")

Showing of Video Films of houses in the village with commentary about Lacey Green by Dennis Claydon, Doug Tilbury and Gordon May. Commentary about Loosley Row by Joyce Walker and Rita Probert. These films are on the website.

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Exhibition June 2001. General History of the Village. Held in Lacey Green School Hall click 2001 Local History Group Photos

Opened by Connie Baker who arrived in a Rolls Royce. Lunch of Bacon Badger and Baked Apple was served by the W.I. A fashion show of the costume of recent decades was staged by our younger residents. A major event which filled most or the school, was the work of all members.

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Exhibition June 2000. School Reunion. Held in the Lacey Green School Hall.

An event to celebrate the Millenium and approximately 150 years of St. John's School. Many photographs were displayed. Also past pupils were invited to fill in a sheet of their memories.