Tag Archives: Hanslope

When the cars came

Posted on 15/06/2017 by rimboval

An interesting old picture postcard appears on the Hanslope village noticeboard this week.  It shows our High Street as it was in 1907: completely empty save for a family on bicycles, stopping to have their picture taken on a sunny … Continue reading →

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Around here

Posted on 07/11/2015 by rimboval

We live in Hanslope, a village in Buckinghamshire.  This morning I asked a local craftsman if he was ‘around here.’ He said no – his family was from Castlethorpe, these past 350 years. So, not from here. Castlethorpe is all … Continue reading →

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Village obligations

Posted on 15/08/2013 by rimboval

I’m still rejoicing, a month after moving our home to a village where we have always wanted to live.  Every day, it seems, discloses some interesting alley or tucked-away square, offers new social opportunities, brings a new friend.  People hail … Continue reading →

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Ithaka, Buckinghamshire

Posted on 19/07/2013 by rimboval

Last week we moved home ten miles or so, to a community and place that we have wanted to live in ever since we first encountered it 27 years ago.  The place is Hanslope, now part of the metropolis of … Continue reading →

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