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baggieclan
Jun 7, 20249 min read
We're up the junction (14)...
In August 1982, Junction 14 of the M25 at Stanwell Moor along with it's main access route Airport Way, was opened, creating some...
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baggieclan
Nov 5, 202331 min read
Stanwell War Memorial - World War II
The total number of military casualties from World War I and named on the Stanwell War Memorial comes to 55, so when the names of those...
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baggieclan
Sep 16, 202315 min read
Poyle for Stanwell Moor Halt
Unless you’re of a certain age you'd be forgiven for not knowing that Stanwell Moor once had its very own railway stop, 'Poyle for...
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baggieclan
Mar 23, 202315 min read
The Spy who lived here...
It’s quite a stretch to imagine that a spy ever lived in Stanwell Moor, but it’s something a fellow resident flagged to me a few years...
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baggieclan
Feb 8, 20237 min read
"Are there no Workhouses?"
The common image of a Workhouse is a large, dirty, over-crowded place, inhabited by some fairly unscrupulous individuals as well as rats,...
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baggieclan
Nov 1, 20227 min read
Wish you were here...
When you think postcard you think holidays, and whether it’s summer, winter or any other time of the year, the word conjures up letting...
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baggieclan
Oct 9, 202210 min read
Benen-Stock, what's in a name?
Anyone that's lived on Stanwell Moor will almost certainly have heard of Benen-Stock, whether from the road of the same name or possibly...
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baggieclan
Aug 6, 20224 min read
Stanwell War Memorial - World War I
The names of Stanwell Moor villagers killed in the Great War are commemorated on the war memorial in Stanwell, but who were they? This is...
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baggieclan
Aug 6, 20227 min read
Genevieve, sweet Genevieve!
This is not about the song from 1869, but the film that went on to feature it… Some will know, but some may not, that the makers of the...
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baggieclan
Aug 5, 20224 min read
444 London Country Buses on Stanwell Moor
Although I’m a fairly recent immigrant to the Moor, I remember the first time I caught a glimpse of a green double-decker going past our...
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