Bluntisham Heritage Project Forum - Recent Posts

RE: Bluntisham railway history

Peter — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 21:31:14 +0000

You could ask the author of this site who may be able to help further, there are certainly more pictures than we have.

RE: Bluntisham railway history

AdrianN — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 16:10:57 +0000

Hi,

I'm a railway modeller interested in building a station building to resemble Bluntisham.

By any chance are any of the Bluntisham Heritage photographs available to a better quality than available on the website?

RE: Terry Reid

davidglover867 — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 20:39:23 +0000

Big Article on Terry published on Guitar.com today!

Matt Bellamy - Lead Singer of MUSE

davidglover867 — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 21:27:27 +0000

Matt Bellamy the lead singer of the incredible Rock Band 'Muse' lived in 'The Fairway' off Woodend until he was about 10 years old.

Terry Reid

davidglover867 — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 21:20:17 +0000

Terry Reid's mother, Grace, is the lovely lady who is famous for selling plums in Rectory Road. Terry's Dad had a garage at the back of their original bungalow and sold cars. At concerts Terry would often joke about fans who had complained they bought a car from him. I certainly did, it lasted well until the radiator leaked inside the car and 'steam-cleaned' us until we managed to stop and jump out. Terry is the musical genius that started his career at a very young age and went on to support the Rolling Stones and many other legendary Rock bands and had a great career himself. Terry was asked to become the lead singer of what was to become Led Zeppelin and he recommended Robert Plant as he was doing other things. On Glastonbury Fayre - 1971 - Terry and his band appear to be the first band that ever played the Pyramid Stage. He has recorded many fantastic albums and he still sounds like he comes from Huntingdonshire, when he speaks and like his nickname of 'Superlungs' when he sings. It was great to see him on Jules Holland's show recently and it feels like everyone should know about him, especially in Bluntisham. He is still rocking and pleasing fans all over the world. Have a look at www.terryreid.com or the numerous videos on You Tube. If you haven't heard him you are in for a treat. I have seen him play three times including 'Ronnie Scotts' and each time was a treat.

Bluntisham railway history

Peter — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 10:46:54 +0000

There is a really good article about the story of the railway through Bluntisham on the Ouse Washes website here

Bluntisham on British History Online

Peter — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 21:55:43 +0000

There is a really good article taken from A History of the County of Huntingdon: Volume 2. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1932.

You can read it here https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/hunts/vol2/pp153-158

Abraham Mansfield 1815-1851(est)

Peter — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 20:59:26 +0000

Abraham Mansfield was born into a poor, not to say notorious, family at Holywell cum Needingworth on the Huntingdonshire/Cambridgeshire border. As with his brothers, Abraham was arrested and imprisoned for a number of minor offences in the 1830s. He was transported to Australia after a robbery in Bluntisham soon after the 1841 census, and court and prison records survive both in Britain and Australia. There is no certain trace of him after 1848, although his wife believed he was still alive at the time of the 1851 census. Thereafter, she recorded herself as 'widow', but this may have been because she appears to have been in a relationship with another man by the time of the 1861 census. However, there is at least one record of an Abraham Mansfield living in Tasmania as late as 1863.

From http://www.simonknott.co.uk/lifegoeson/people/004mfmmfmansfield.htm

mansfieldabrahamnewspaper1.jpg

Welcome

Peter — Sat, 22 Jun 2019 21:47:06 +0000

Welcome to the BHP website, this is a work in progress and will be changing from time to time over the coming months as we gather more items to add to the website.

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