I took a walk out this evening. At the end of Bell Street, which was still sunny, there were swarms of this seasons flies. I got a picture of one of them on a car bonnet. Poor things they don’t live for long after leaving the Thames!
The Bell Bookshop still has a lovely display of WW2 memorabilia in the window, a splendid display
The shop which specialises in horse related clothing etc had this display in its window. I am sorry I cannot remember the name of this shop that I pass regularly!
A lovely rose on the way in Bell Street
Next something I haven’t pictured before, the cut from the cinema out into Bell Street
Some lovely flowers in a window box in Bell Street
A strange beetle on one of my pond plants!
Today temperatures got to 23c – lets enjoy the sunshine whilst it lasts!
The Spitfire received maximum interest in Market Square!
This picture shows how busy the Market Square was today. Your blogger had to “jockey” in and out of the crowds to get these unique photos!
The Penny Farthing bikes are almost part of the fabric of our town now thanks to the two chaps who ride them so confidently, dressed in sartorial elegance at all times!
I have seen the Spitfire post box topper before but not the Anderson Shelter. Here are both of them to view if your are interested.
The Spitfire first
Another angle of the Sptifire
The front of the beautifully crocheted plane
The Anderson Shelter opposite Wetherspoons in Hart Street
These shelters were dug in peoples gardens and buried under soil, not much protection form direct hits but better than staying in your home apparently.
Below is a close up of the information the WI have included on this post box topper. I remember that my Nanny still had one in the back garden!
Finally
The WI have created a banner for the VE80 celebrations which will come soon in town!
Hello – it looks like it is cooling down a bit today, but still dry thankfully. The garden could do with some rain though.
Some mention has been made in the local paper about signs on dustbins, here is another sign on a poplar tree by the Library in Henley on Thames. Maybe they should have put street furniture on this notice?
Not at all effective it seems because the waste bin next to it, well behind where I took this picture had graffiti on it! I have scribbled out what may be offensive to most people, and the illustration which would have given the graffiti some credence
On Saturday and Sunday rugby matches were in progress in the fields by the river
The ubiquitous weed Cleavers/Goosegrass (also nicknamed Sticky Willy) popping up amongst the weeds through the fence of the Rugby Field off the Marlow Road
VE Day is on its way, and this commemorative flag for 80 years is currently on display at the Swiss Farm Cafe
The Town Square this week
The other end of Hart Street on the same day
Some lovely fluffy clouds during the lovely sunny weather that appears to have disappeared for a while.
The Town’s advert for the VE Day celebrations on the 10th June
A piece of almost hidden history on the start of the Marlow Road. Two toll house which were converted into houses some years ago. Of course when the toll gates were operational the toll keeper used to live in property, so possibly any modifications were to bring the facilities up to date inside. The mystery continues because according to the website below, they may not have been operating a toll gate system; although some concrete posts exist?
Shortly before 1820 Cooper’s successor Strickland Freeman diverted a stretch of the Marlow road on the town’s northern edge at his own expense, building two classical lodges on either side possibly for use as toll houses. (fn. 36) The alteration improved a difficult junction outside the Bell Inn, (fn. 37) although Freeman’s motives were probably aesthetic as much as practical.
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