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Rowells Farm, Tick Fen, Warboys

History of Rowell's Rarm

Detail from a 1924 Ordnance Survey map showing the layout of buildings and fields at Rowell's Farm in Tick Fen, Warboys.

Rowells Farm Tick Fen Warboys OS 1924

Rowells Farm was the home of  Harold Shelton. His memoirs are  in ‘Warboys at War 1939/45’ – 1996.


1939 Tick Fen

Harold H Shelton, b 1903, horsekeeper on farm

Daisy, b 1903, home duties and land work

Harold D, b 1927

Lawrence, b 1930

Betty, b 1931

Barbara, b 1932


He recalls that the Town Crier was still the primary source of news. In 1939 this was David Juggins in Warboys. 1941 brought the construction of new aerodrome just to the south west of the village.

 

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