IT’S a rare occurrence these days to find a postcard not already in my collection, but above left is one I came across just recently – an old etching used as an advertising card (postmarked 1949) for guest house facilities at Harleyford, just outside Marlow. I don’t think I had ever realised that they offered accommodation in past times. Here are a few other pictures, old and relatively new, the latest two being aerial views of the house, grounds, and marina. Top right is especially interesting – the Harleyford workforce, the probably early 1900s, and half of them enjoying a smoke.
Second World War hangars used by submarine-hunting seaplanes damaged by the sea
20th Century wartime hero Lawrence of Arabia was stationed at RAF Mount Batten
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Plans have been drawn up to repair two historic former seaplane hangars which were once part of a Plymouth air base where Lawrence of Arabia was stationed.
The archaeologist, soldier and diplomat became famous after his mission in the Middle East inspiring Arab tribes to fight against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, and his exploits were featured in the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia starring Peter O’Toole.
8 Feb 2021
The UK government-funded body charged with protecting England’s heritage has compiled a Black Lives Matter style ‘audit’ of villages with connections to the “transatlantic slavery economy”.
Historic England, which was founded to preserve historical buildings and monuments, has followed the lead of the National Trust, which targetted stately homes in its care, including the home of British wartime leader Sir Winston Churchill.
Historic England has gone much further, however, targetting farms, schools, village halls, pubs, and churches for their ties to “money made in transatlantic slavery” which they claim “permeated English society for centuries”, according to
The Telegraph.
| UPDATED: 18:47, Sun, Feb 7, 2021
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The public body, which receives £88.5 million a year from the Government, is responsible for conserving historic buildings and other heritage sites. Last summer it published a 157-page study to show “a more complete picture of the impact of Atlantic slavery on the built environment in England”.
HISTORIC England said it had received an application for the Oasis leisure centre to be listed. The government body said it hoped to make a recommendation as soon as possible to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport about whether the Swindon landmark should be added to the National Heritage List for England. Historic England oversees the process by which historically significant buildings and monuments are listed. The quango is also responsible for advising councils on planning applications and applications to adapt listed buildings. The Oasis leisure centre is currently shut after operator GLL, which leases it from landlord Seven Capital, decided last November that the centre was no longer viable. The council placed the Oasis, which opened in 1976, in private hands when it signed a 99-year lease in 2012.