Let us revisit the lovely little church of All Saints in Little Kimble, Buckinghamshire. On my second visit to the church a few weeks ago it was open so i could have a look inside. I do prefer a simple nave and chancel layout church to be honest. The church has traces of painting on the walls, a reminder that medieval churches usually did not have white washed walls but instead vivid depictions of Biblical stories.
A year ago (or a year and four days ago to be exact) my then-new website replaced my railway stations blog. Since then five other sections of my web site have replaced or supplemented my other blogs. Phase 2 of Project Deblogification will see the ending of new posts on three other blogs (including this one). This will take place over the next few months.
However, there is a new blog in development which will be book review and history based. This will replace Knell Lane (this blog), this will happen sometime in the Autumn.
A few days ago i finally created a master list of calculators in my collection, though the list is not yet complete. I have been collecting the things for over twenty years and they have been placed in little bundles all over the house so i may have more to yet discover and add to the list! I do have a new machine to add though, which came today. This Detson 803PM, which works nicely. My list also helps me know that this is the second Detson in the collection.
Stewartby is a model village in central Bedfordshire.
Stewartby was built for workers of the London Brick Company in the first half of the 20th century, named after the Stewart family who were directors of the company at the time. Work began on the village in 1926, the new village being based around two farming settlements called Wootton Pillinge and Wootton Broadmead. The village was named Stewartby in 1935. At it's time the Stewartby brickworks was one of the largest in the world, it finally closed in 2008. The final chimneys were demolished in 2021.
Next to the village is a water park and some other leisure facilities. The village gained a sixth form college in 2013. The village has a station on the Marston Vale Line, this station was originally for Wootton Pillinge and opened in 1905.
Let's go back to number 1 in the Churches series! I recently revisited St Peter's in Wootton Wawen, the oldest church in Warwickshire with parts being Saxon. Finally, the church was open when i was there so i was able to go inside at last! The mix of styles and periods inside is fascinating.
