Comments on: The Village that TIme Forgot http://www.retronaut.co/2010/09/the-village-that-died-for-england/ The past is a foreign country. This is your passport. Tue, 22 Nov 2024 20:16:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Nick stone http://www.retronaut.co/2010/09/the-village-that-died-for-england/#comment-57286 Nick stone Sat, 06 Aug 2024 17:33:45 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=7222#comment-57286 There are several deserted villages in the Stanford training area near Thetford in Norfolk, I think possibly as many as six, Simon Knott has recorded some of them on Flickr, fascinating places although not preserved to this degree. Also here http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/battlezone/battlezoneintro.htm Marvellous stuff. There are several deserted villages in the Stanford training area near Thetford in Norfolk, I think possibly as many as six, Simon Knott has recorded some of them on Flickr, fascinating places although not preserved to this degree. Also here http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/battlezone/battlezoneintro.htm Marvellous stuff.

]]> By: KFS http://www.retronaut.co/2010/09/the-village-that-died-for-england/#comment-47424 KFS Wed, 08 Jun 2024 17:18:53 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=7222#comment-47424 The little cardigan on Arthur’s hook, still there. What a shock. To think a little thing, carelessly forgotten, could still be there…" I assumed it was put there for a particularly sentimental staged photograph. If it really HAS hung there for 63 years then kudos to the original manufacturer, it's hardly faded a bit. "Life for the villagers was idyllic and simple. There was no electricity or running water but it was still a lovely place to live" Written by someone who very much enjoys both, I'd bet ;) The little cardigan on Arthur’s hook, still there. What a shock. To think a little thing, carelessly forgotten, could still be there…”

I assumed it was put there for a particularly sentimental staged photograph.

If it really HAS hung there for 63 years then kudos to the original manufacturer, it’s hardly faded a bit.

“Life for the villagers was idyllic and simple. There was no electricity or running water but it was still a lovely place to live”

Written by someone who very much enjoys both, I’d bet ;)

]]> By: bobnudd http://www.retronaut.co/2010/09/the-village-that-died-for-england/#comment-12102 bobnudd Tue, 05 Oct 2024 13:48:03 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=7222#comment-12102 What a sensationalist book title. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tottington,_Norfolk" rel="nofollow">It wasn't the only village "that died for England"</a> What a sensationalist book title. It wasn’t the only village “that died for England”

]]> By: Ben http://www.retronaut.co/2010/09/the-village-that-died-for-england/#comment-9980 Ben Wed, 29 Sep 2024 21:10:53 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=7222#comment-9980 I live not far from Tyneham and pop down for a walk every year at some point. Wouldn't say it's preserved in amber - it's right in the middle of an artillery firing range and suffers from over-crowded summers and bitterly cold winters. It is, however, a fascinating place -some time spent in the church and school, then looking 'round the graveyard gives you such an insight into the families that lived there. But then, I feel that Dorset has such a rich social history anyway, perhaps I'm just too spoilt to appreciate the place much more than some old MOD land?... I live not far from Tyneham and pop down for a walk every year at some point.
Wouldn’t say it’s preserved in amber – it’s right in the middle of an artillery firing range and suffers from over-crowded summers and bitterly cold winters.
It is, however, a fascinating place -some time spent in the church and school, then looking ’round the graveyard gives you such an insight into the families that lived there.
But then, I feel that Dorset has such a rich social history anyway, perhaps I’m just too spoilt to appreciate the place much more than some old MOD land?…

]]> By: Glamour Daze http://www.retronaut.co/2010/09/the-village-that-died-for-england/#comment-9959 Glamour Daze Wed, 29 Sep 2024 19:13:47 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=7222#comment-9959 What a terrible thing it must have been to be moved out of such a charming little place. What a terrible thing it must have been to be moved out of such a charming little place.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.retronaut.co/2010/09/the-village-that-died-for-england/#comment-9934 Andrew Wed, 29 Sep 2024 15:58:09 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=7222#comment-9934 The cardigan is a recent addition - the school has been restored to look more or less as it would have done before the war. The church has been kept in good shape, but while I don't think the army was allowed to bombard the village no maintenance was done on the other buildings, even to the extent of keeping the roofs watertight. The cardigan is a recent addition – the school has been restored to look more or less as it would have done before the war. The church has been kept in good shape, but while I don’t think the army was allowed to bombard the village no maintenance was done on the other buildings, even to the extent of keeping the roofs watertight.

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