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The village of Chilton, Buckinghamshire
Then and now.....

Page Two...The wheelwright’s cottage and the square.

The Wheelwright’s cottage in the early seventies: that’s Alice delivering the post. The last wheelwright was Mr Perkins. He also made coffins, including one in 1949 for my grandfather Tommy Boyles, the last village blacksmith.

(With permission from Buckinghamshire County Museum)

Going back further to 19?? Everywhere looks a little less manicured. The cottage on the left that was the village shop in the fifties and (With sixties still has its thatch…

(With permission from Buckinghamshire County Museum)

And this is a scene in the wheelwright’s yard, circa 1905????

The wheelwright’s cottage, pictured in 2005.

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