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Midsummer Festival
18/11/2021
All Saints Church has stood at the centre of the Village since Saxon times and has been the focus for celebrations of all kinds since – sometimes of a specifically Christian nature, sometimes because it was the biggest building in the village and good for meetings, and sometimes celebrations that brought together both secular and sacred in one great celebration. The Midsummer Festival of 2009 was one such.
Stories in the Landscape: Three Fyshes/Three Fishes
03/11/2021
Comments about the Three Fishes inn and the people who used it.
Stories in the Landscape: AR Wallace
31/10/2021
Alfred Russel Wallace the naturalist, meeting HH Higgins of Turvey Abbey, twice in their lives and 51 years apart
Who should pay? Legal tussles over the maintenance of Turvey Bridge
27/10/2021
This article describes six legal disputes over responsibility for the maintenance of the bridge from 1673 to the final landmark case in 1878
Harvest Festival
30/09/2021
It has been the tradition in most cultures and faiths to give thanks for a harvest safely gathered in to provide food for the community during the lean months of the winter.
An Edwardian Childhood at Picts Hill (2)
30/09/2021
In this, the second of two articles, we return to the diaries of Marigo Argenti of Picts Hill House, written when she was aged 9 and 10 in 1901 and 1902. The entries reveal the contrast between the privileged life of Marigo and the ‘poor people’ she encounters out on walks. We also join the family on holiday and discover how they celebrated various events through the year.
Turvey Skiffle Group
15/09/2021
Apprentices living in Turvey create and perform skiffle music as Buddy Cones and the Blackjacks then pop music as the Hi-Fi Five. Original recordings of two cover songs found and reproduced for an 80th birthday party.
Pauline Cameron
14/09/2021
Pauline Cameron (1945-) is the daughter of Len Savage (1921 -2009), Churchwarden and builder who was a well respected and ...
The Turvey Bowls Club
21/05/2021
A brief history of the Turvey Bowls Club
The Vale Family of Turvey: Memories of Roy Hodgson
08/04/2021
William Vale came with his wife to live in Turvey in the 1860s. He became the manager of the Gas Works which was established in Bridge Street in 1867. This account written by William’s great grandson covers the period from these early days of gas lighting in the village through to memories of a Turvey childhood in the 1930s and 1940s.
The Whitworths and Turvey Mill
10/03/2021
Part 4 - Turvey Mill since 1886
The Whitworths and Turvey Mill
10/03/2021
Part 3 – John Battams Whitworth and the great fire (1877 – 1885)
The Whitworths and Turvey Mill
08/03/2021
Part 2 – Turvey Mill passes between the generations. (1846 – 1877)
The Eighteenth Century in Turvey
01/03/2021
A summary of the changes in the way of life in England in the 18th Century and their evidence in Turvey
The Turvey Village Quilt
25/02/2021
In December 1993 Eve Kent, then editor of the Turvey News, had a meeting with Penny MacKenzie who ran the patchwork and craft classes in the evening at Turvey Lower School. She had been sent information about a quilting competition. This had been started by Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity in association with Eastern Arts Board and Mid Beds District Council. It was to be called ‘Our Village’ and had to involve as many people as possible.
The Whitworths and Turvey Mill
15/02/2021
The Whitworths brand is known throughout the world and now based at the Victoria Mills site in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. This series of articles show how Turvey Mill played an important part in the history of both the company and the Whitworth family.
The History of Epidemics in Turvey: Part 3
02/02/2021
This is the third article in a series of three and delves into the burial records to see whether Turvey was affected by the major nineteenth century epidemics. Unexpectedly, a mysterious high number of deaths occurred in 1861. What could have caused these?
The History of Epidemics in Turvey: Part 2
01/02/2021
This is the second article in a series of three on how epidemic diseases might have affected Turvey, and looks firstly at smallpox . This was the most lethal disease in the eighteenth century, but, as we can see through some surviving Turvey letters and diaries, the use of vaccination began the journey which eventually eradicated this disease from the world. The article concludes with a mention of cholera.
The History of Epidemics in Turvey: Part 1
01/02/2021
The 2020/21 Covid-19 pandemic has given us an insight into what it might have been like in Turvey in earlier times when epidemics of infectious diseases would have been much more familiar. This first article in a series of three gives an introduction to the history of epidemic disease and explores whether the Black Death might have come to Turvey in the fourteenth century.
The Building of All Saints Church
29/12/2020
Len Savage made this model to show how All Saints Church has developed since the original Saxon building. He used the model as an aid to a talk he gave on the history and construction of the church.
A Lockdown Diary from Turvey Abbey
29/12/2020
Sister Judith, a member of the Benedictine community of nuns who live at Turvey Abbey, wrote a diary during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.
A Victorian Christmas in Turvey
30/11/2020
What would it be like in Turvey at Christmas in the late nineteenth century?
Turvey WI Scrap Book for 1965
14/10/2020
To celebrate their 30th Anniversary in 1965, the Turvey Women's Institute created a scrapbook about life in the village at that time.
Frederick Smith Hilson
08/10/2020
In the aftermath of WW1, the Turvey War Memorial formed a focal point for the loss and pride experienced by village families. This article provides an insight into the life of Frederick Smith Hilson who is commemorated on the village memorial.
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Sara Jenkins
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Nell’s Well
22/11/2021
Lovely to hear your memories of the well and of Fyfe Robertson's broadcast Jan. If you. or anyone else, would...
Jan Dennis(Taylor)
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Nell’s Well
19/11/2021
Our dad would always get a jug of water from Nell to have with our meals. I can remember Fyfe...
Sara Jenkins
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Turvey Skiffle Group
21/10/2021
Thanks for this Mark, a lovely message. Was your father Bryan or Tony? Best wishes, Sara Jenkins Turvey History Society...
Mark Hartwell
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Turvey Skiffle Group
19/10/2021
For many, many years, my sister and I (along with countless others), have, without remorse, taken the proverbial out of...
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