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      Modern Box      Spring 2023   Issue 39 

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A brand new series brings Box's history up to the millennium and slightly beyond. We start with Notable Residents in the
​post-war period, some of whom are shown above including Kath Hayward, David and Irene Dean, Eileen Mackinlay,
​Vicar Tom Selwyn Smith, Joan Ford, Joan Osborne and Olive Currant at Box House in May 2000 (photo courtesy John Currant). 
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People Index
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​Autographs in 1950s
When world record holders competed in Box
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​​Houkes Family
​Saddler and harness-maker in age of steam-engines
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JDB Erskine
Box hero in war and peace
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Finding Mary Holtom
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Harrowing childhood to adult redemption
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Stoneyard Workers
Remembering Sheppard Stoneyard masons
​Places Index ​​
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Where was Ditteridge?
Reckon you know? Think again!
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Church Organs in Box
Inside historic church music
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Kingsdown House Asylum Buildings
When and why the asylum was extended
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Chapel Plaister
Unusual details of ancient chapel
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Beech Road, Box Hill
The original road to Corsham
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​Urgent Update
​Don't Miss Your Chance to Shape Box's Future
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Box Parish Neighbourhood Plan Day Meeting
Saturday 4th March 11am to 3.30pm The Pavilion, Valens Terrace, Box
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Modern Box History Series
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Peace after the War
Villagers enjoying peace fetes
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Second Elizabethan Age
Including 1977 Jubilee above
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Modern Timetable
Royal visitor to Box
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Box Tunnel Portal
Spot the Differences
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Wacky Anecdotes
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Crane 57 Installation
Crane returns to site of manufacture
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