Stories of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire

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Castle Well

Parker describes “The ancient well on the lawn, in front of the present house (Castle House)

Malmers Well

The name Malmers Well appears to have been applied to an earth work rather than a well as such.

Cherries

Many villages in The Chilterns were famous for their cherries. Cherry picking was a great village event and it culminated with a Cherry Pie Fair (usually in August)

Friend of a Friend stories

Drug pushers are giving school children tattoos soaked in LSD. The children innocently put the tattoos on their skin and the drug

Thame Town Crier

Thame had a town crier until at least 1918. Brown and Guest record that Richard Bouler was town crier in 1866, Joseph the grandson of the Earl of Abingdon was then crier until 1880

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