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            Issue 13:   Box Revels -  Old and New      August 2016

Once a year the village lets its hair down and has a party. We dress up and have fun as a welcome relief from the daily work schedule. Everyone is invited to join in and eating and drinking play a major part. This applies to the modern Box Revels and was also the reason for the medieval event. You can find out more about the origins of the festivities in Tudor and Stuart Box Revels and about the fun and frivolities in Modern Revels (photos below).
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People Index
Box Caravan Maker - EJ Smith and the Ashley family who made some of the first-ever touring caravans and local traction engines, including fabulous photos.
St Trinians and Box Girl Guides - Camps, cooking and coach tours recalling three decades of the guide movementin Box from the 1970s.
Last Charity School Teacher - Story of the Rev George Mullins who was the last of the Mullins family of great school masters in Box Poorhouse.
Betty Shop - Story of the Market Place shop run by two amazing cousins, Betty and Amy, who sold ladies fashions and rode a motor bike (photo right).
Coles Farm - Famous people who have lived in this amazing Alcombe house.
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Places Index
Boxfields Story - Tracing the origins and recalling the families who lived in this isolated hamlet of the parish.
Ditteridge Church - Illustrations of church details from 150 years ago
and modern photos (left).
Ashley Manor - Story of the house over four centuries.
Brookwell - A legal case tells why this fine historic cottage on Box Hill was demolished.
Wadswick - The history of this important but often unrecorded hamlet in the village.
Box NATS History Walks - Box Madhouse, Awdry Railway Walk and the  Market Place Origins Trail.
New Tudor and Stuart Articles
Tudor and Stuart Local Government - Paupers, Poorhouse and Parish Relief.
Religion in Box - Why was it so important?
Ordinary People - Box Tudor and Stuart residents.
Series Index
Great War, 1914 - World War 1 details about Box.
Late Victorian, 1870 - 1920s - Our Victorian ancestors.
New Series - You can still book on our Market Place Origins trail 7 August: email boxpeopleandplaces@yahoo.co.uk.

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Onwards and upwards on the Box NATS History Trail at Longsplatt
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Alec Cogswell - Memories and photos
Parish Boundary Review - The Final Decision
Townsend Reunion - Join the Clan
Cycling Craze - Not at all a modern interest

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