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What's new since last update on the site (top push down list)
- Memories from Pauline Boynette (nee Moore)....see under 'people'
- The Institute and its Steward - Frank Lloyd (corrected 12/2/06)
- 2006 programme
- Book and Festival info
- Apologies - but priority is the book - very little web update untilFeb05
- the Frog Hall / Brewer's Arms / Bridge Farm riddle resolved
- Plas Newton & Newton Cottage
- Upton Golf Club
- 'People' reorganised with several additions
- more on Sheila Garston & on MillView School
- Dicksons nurseries
- Heath cottages corner of Caughall Rd
- Both Sandpits
- Upton Heath & Bache garages
- Weston Grove shops
- Bache shops
- Upton Drive
- Kingsmead
- Bache Bowling Club
- The Cockpit
- Rose Cottage / Broomhurst (Newton)
- Upton Lodge
- more on village events - incl annual agricultural show and gymkhana
- 27th March Exhibition pictures
- Horticultural Society - some scrapbook pictures
- ..at last a photo of Government House
- Village celebrations
- Upton Farm
- Government House & Upton Lodge
- Newton House
- Upton Grange (Upton's only remaing active farm)& Earl Shrewsburys 1917 Auction
- see 'nostalgia' 1920s for the hunt
- more census records
- exhibition details
- archived 'ads' of past tradesmen / businesses
- start of summarising the 1741-1894 township minute book - see reference section
- lots of info re the 1839 tithe apportionments - see the Reference section
- 1850 & 1874 directories
- asylum and zoo - more
- Upton St.Mary's - reminiscences of former pupils
- Flower Club photos
- early information relating to Kate Robert's forthcoming talk on Archaeology around Upton
- Local History Group's 2004 programme
- extra facts from the short survey work in c1973 by WCETG incl ghost stories
- Introduced a bibliography under 'references' & reorganised the navigation for 'places'
- Brock family history & John Ross under 'people'
- record of Inauguration of President Joyce Cook and past pupils reunion
- lots about organisations - access from 'organisations' on the homepage
- more on Village Hall Opening Ceremony
- history of the war memorial
- list started of origins of place names
- Cricket ground; ARP and war memorial
- Bache early history reorganised integrating Kate Robert's research
- Many pages on transport - accessed from homepage main menu
- more on schools - St.Marys and Millview
- lots about Upton Heath (formerly Manor) school and ex-teacher Joyce Cook.
- site now on a different server (should be transparent to site visitors via search engines or via www.history.uptonbychester.org.uk
- slight revamp of homepage
- under 'old news' see about Upton's canal that never was
- Joyce Cook & 'A good sing'
- village hall with drama pic
- more places (also on virtual tour) - oaks / riding school / rail halt etc
- more places (also on virtual tour) - Upton Lawns / post-war Smithy / Bache
- 'organisation' now being set up incl wartime organisations
- more nostalgia - see 1960s
- more places and via the virtual tour map
- beginnings of a virtual historical tour of Upton (but some big files)
...or quicker access from list of places
- thumbnail copies of some of the WI1951 album illustrations
- more old maps - some of these large files - slow download
- update on the local history group
- a new 'old news' page accessed from 'nostalgia' menue
- final 40 pages of text of the 1951 history now transcribed
- Twinning info with Arradon (see under Misc)
- 50 pages from the 90page WI history written in 1951 now transcribed
- 1839 tithe map on-line
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