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QUESTION TIME
Barwicker 2
June 1986
In the last edition of the Barwicker, Sadie Healey
suggested that Barwick Feast might have been held on All Saints
Day. Confirmation of this has appeared in a statement by the
rector of Barwick, Canon Hope, in the Endowed Charities Report
(1899) of the Charities Commission, that Barwick Feast was held
on All Saints Day, the first Sunday in November.
So we know when it was held, and where it was held between
the wars (Potterton Close). But, apart from the distribution of
doles, what else happened at Barwick Feast? We should like to
know. We have received a letter from Jack Reed, a member of an
old Barwick family, now living in Andover, Hants. He has given
us some further details of Barwick Feast, which we hope to
publish in a future edition.
Our readers will know of the exploits of Douglas Bader,
the legless pilot of the second world war. His story is told in
the book, later the film, "Reach for the Sky". There is little
detail however about his early days. It has been reported that
he spent some of his childhood in Barwick rectory. Have any of
our readers any knowledge of this?
At the programme of slides of old Aberford in March, we saw
s photograph of the flooding of the Cock Beck near to Aberford
bridge. This occurred in May 1932 and it was stated to have been
the worst in living memory. There was three feet of water in some
of the houses. Such severe flooding must have affected Barwick to
some extent, if not in the village, at least on the roads leading
from it. Can anyone remember anything about this, or indeed any
other natural or man-made local disaster?
Can any of our readers supply us with information concerning
a Victorian novel called "Amy Thornton or the Curate of Barwick"?
This is a story about the Barwick workhouse in the eighteenth
century. Members are on the trail of this elusive novel, and we
should welcome any help from our readers.
In the inventory on page 22, there are four terms that
readers might find puzzling. They are:
huslements, mast fatt, gul1efatt and tearses.
We think we know the meaning of two of these. What about you?
If readers have any information on the above topics, we
should be glad if they would contact the editor.
(
Answers in Barwicker No.4.)
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