Although we have included information and memorabilia relating to the Foresters in past exhibitions, we have not written about it in our Bulletin or on our website. Until we can put that right, we provide this video which is made up of a number of elements which come to hand: two photographs supplied by the late Eileen Hopper, extracts from a press cutting dating from 1900 and memories recorded by a former resident of the village:
In Bulletin No. 15 we printed this photo of Rachel Frank (now Mrs J. Stringer) on a horse in the front garden of Major Swain’s house (now No. 73); he was teaching her to ride.
At a recent meeting of the Local History Group, the grand-daughter of Major Swain gave us a bundle of photos to copy, amongst which was this one that was taken at the same time as the one above.
The bundle will provide material for a feature at our next exhibition. There is a story to tell about the Swains ….
