Countryside near Stowe

English street

Hednesford Church

English Countryside

STAFFORDSHIRE, CANNOCK & HEDNESFORD

After our stay in West Derby it was down to Staffordshire & the Lunt area around Cannock & Hednesford. Again we were amazed at the way people were prepared to help. The staff at Cannock Chase museum went out of their way to ring people up & they were able to help me catch up with the lady who gave me so much help when I first started my search for George Lunt. They have given me information on early Cannock & Hednesford including a post card showing Henry Lunt's shop in Cannock. I walked the streets of Hednesford, drove up Church Hill where they lived & visited “ Our Lady Of Lourdes” Church where Grandma & Grandfather Lunt were married. Prior to coming here I didn't think that the Lunts had strong accents but on hearing the locals speak it came back. THEY DID!!!!!!! I don't know why but I seem to have been affected more by my Durham relatives than here, maybe because I have living relatives up North??????????? But with new information the search continues.
After leaving Cannock we travelled to Northhamptonshire to stay with Friends of Browny,where we have again been treated so well, driven around through some typical English Villages. These villages, although similar have their own individuality & charm. We also have visited Stowe with its magnificent landscaped Garden. At night it was a sight to see the Geese & chickens put in the barn away from marauding foxes, the geese going in in a stately manner while the chickens milled around & had to be funnelled in.
Browny & Pennie reminiscing about school days in Italy, while Bill & I listened to the exploits of 2 “ladies” at finishing school.
Leaving there we travelled on to Browny's cousin in Berkshire, where again we have been treated royally. This has given Browny a chance to catch up with her family. Here we also caught up with another of Shorty's family, Keith & Moira's son & family. Paul & Sally again proved how nice the English family are.
We now travel to Wisbech to spend our last week with Karen & Dave, the trip up was good although roadworks on The A25 held us up for about an hour, but the rest was fine and the route took us through some more quaint villages, These still amaze us with cars parked on both sides of the road facing either direction.

We have had a great time here & went to a village fair complete with Old time cars, tractors & stem rollers. also the usual rides for kids & stalls selling the usual array of clothing tools & plants
We will soon be back in London for the last part of our English trip & do the tourust thing