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2 January 2012

Photographs of Herefordshire's Drill Halls around 1910 (Bromyard & Hereford, Kington, Leominster, Ledbury and Ross-on-Wye)


10 May 2010

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1 March 2010

Memorabilia - 40 vintage postcards of Drill Halls throughout the UK added - view



1 March 2010

Memorabilia - 40 vintage postcards of Drill Halls throughout the UK added - view


23 February 2010

Saving a drill hall - a resource bank - added


22 February 2010

Canterbury - Westgate Hall at risk - photographs and details added


18th August 2009

Cambridgeshire
Wisbech - photograph

Cheshire
Birkenhead – photographs
Liscard - photographs
Neston - photographs
New Brighton (Liscard Battery) – photograph

Cumberland
Workington – archive images

Derbyshire
Buxton – updated information

Dorset
Poole – map extract

Herefordshire
Kington - photograph

Leicestershire
Ashby de la Zouch – updated photographs and recollections
Swadlincote - recollections

Lincolnshire
Bourne - photograph

Norfolk
Thetford – photograph
Watton – photographs

Shropshire
Ludlow – photograph of site
Shrewsbury – Longden Coleham – photographs

Staffordshire
Handsworth – archive images and text
Lichfield – archive newspaper report
Stafford – archive newspaper report and picture; photographs

Suffolk
Haverhill - photographs
Ipswich – photographs
Woodbridge – photograph

Yorkshire
Batley – archive newspaper piece
Birdwell – photographs
Birstall – photographs
Hornsea – photographs
Howden – photograph
Knaresborough – addition information
Selby – archive image and text
Wetherby – additional information

Wales
Anglesey – Llangefni - information
Caernarfonshire – Pwllheli – photographs
Monmouthshire - Griffithstown – location information
Radnor – Llandrindod Wells – updated photographs


8 August 2009
Staffordshire – Wolverhampton - Additional photographs of Stafford St Drill Hall.


8 June 2009
Sussex – first upload of county section


24th March 2009
Derbyshire – Creswell – architect’s drawings of hall
Glamorgan – Barry – archive postcard
Hampshire – Southampton – archive postcard
Staffordshire – Burslem – archive postcard
Worcestershire – Stourbridge – archive postcard


27th October 2008
Essex – first upload of county section


30th August 2008
Hertfordshire – first upload of county section


19th August 2008
Yorkshire – first upload of county section


12th May 2008
Devon – first upload of county section


28th April 2008
Cheshire - Knutsford, Winsford (Over) and Wilmslow - additions to text
Gloucestershire – Cirencester - additional picture
Kent - Dartford – additional information, update and picture; Hythe, Lydd – additional information
Leicestershire – Coalville, Shepshed – additional information and photographs
Lincolnshire – Boston, Lincoln, Spilsby – additional pictures; Horncastle, Stamford, Spalding – additional information and photographs
Northamptonshire – Northampton – archive picture
Norfolk – Norwich – additional illustrations
Nottinghamshire – Bingham – additional information and photographs
Somerset – Frome – new photograph; Keynsham – additional information and photographs
Surrey – Dorking – updated information and photographs
Warwickshire - Birmingham – Aston – amended text


19 February 2008
Hampshire & Isle of Wight – first upload of county section.


24 November 2007
Dorset – first upload of county section.
Cumberland and Westmorland – first upload of county section.


12 October 2007
Buckinghamshire - Buckingham - photograph added. Wolverton - photos and information added.
Cheshire - Runcorn - photos and information added.
Cornwall - Hayle, Penryn, Redruth - photos and information added.
Denbighshire - Acrefair - photos and information added. Chirk- photos and information added.
Ruthin - further information about history.
Derbyshire - Creswell - photos and information added.
Herefordshire - Bromyard - information added. Hereford - information and archive photos added. Leominster - photo added.
Lincolnshire - Gainsborough - information and photos added.
Merioneth - Dolgellau - information updated. Tywyn - information and photos added.
Montgomery - Machynlleth - information and photos added.
Nottinghamshire - Nottingham - historical extract added. Retford, Worksop - information added.
Staffordshire - Lichfield - information and photos added.
Suffolk - Ipswich - updated.
Surrey - Reigate - Archive photo added and information updated. Wimbledon - information and archive images added.

20 August 2007
Surrey - first upload of county section.

25 July 2007
Berkshire - Maidenhead - archive photographs of the drill hall on Marlow road (site of the CWGC Headquarters)

22 July 2007
Denbighshire - Wrexham - text and photographs of the RWF Drill Hall on Poyser street added.
Herefordshire - Bromyard - photographs of the extant drill hall.
Gloucestershire - Cirencester - additional image added, dated 1905. Coleford - updated information.
Kent - Ashford - archive image added.
Norfolk - Kings Lynn - photographs added. Swaffham, Watton, and Wymundham - updated information.
Suffolk - Bury St Edmunds - additional image added of the Barracks, 1914; Newmarket photographs added.

11 July 2007
Shropshire - first upload of county section.

26 June 2007
Herefordshire - Hereford - text updated.

14 June 2007
Somerset - first upload of county section
Herefordshire - Bromyard - text updated.
Herefordshire - Hereford - text updated, images added.
Herefordshire - Kington - text updated
6 June 2007
Herefordshire - first upload of county section

4 June 2007
Warwickshire - first upload of county section

31 May 2007
Oxfordshire - Banbury - Oxford Road drill hall added with accompanying photographs

29 May 2007
Cheshire - Macclesfield - some photographs of Crompton Barracks added
Cornwall - first upload of county section
Denbighshire - Acrefair - drill hall added. Chirk - updated information
Gloucestershire - Campden - new information and photograph. Cirencester - additional image.
Kent - Birchington, Chatham, Cranbrook, Dover, Lydd, Maidstone, Ramsgate, Tenterden pages updated with information and photographs
Worcestershire - Bengeworth - updated photographs

26 April 2007
Cambridgeshire – Ely – new photograph of Barton road Drill Hall added
Norfolk – Great Yarmouth – three photographs added
Norfolk – Norwich – photograph of Cattle Market street drill hall added

24 April 2007
Cambridgeshire – first upload of county section
Huntingdonshire – first upload of county section
Norfolk – first upload of county section
Suffolk - first upload of county section
Cheshire – Frodsham – additional image
Cheshire – Nantwich – new text and images
Cheshire – Northwich – additional image
Worcestershire - Bromsgrove – additional image
Worcestershire - Tenbury – additional image


27 March 2007
Wiltshire – first upload of county section.
Wales, Montgomery – Newtown – additional material and photographs.
Anatomy – illustration of Drill Hall of the 7th London Brigade RFA added.


26 March 2007
Buckinghamshire – Wolverton – additional details added.
Cheshire – Stockport – another archive photograph added.
Lincolnshire – Stamford – information about St Peter’s Street added.
Radnor – Rhayader – extensive historical information added.


20 March 2007
Berkshire - Reading - photographs added.
Cheshire - Chester - Revised text for Thomas Street & Albion Street
Kent - Dover, Folkstone, Sandwich & Wolverton - text enhanced
Kent - Gillingham - photograph added.


14 March 2007
Berkshire - first upload of county section.
Kent - Tunbridge Wells - photograph added.


11 March 2007
Buckinghamshire - first upload of county section.


4 March 2007
Lincolnshire - Louth - two documents relating to sale of Rifle Drill Hall in 1946 added.


3 March 2007
Kent - first upload of county section.


15 February 2007
Anglesey – Holyhead and Llangefni – new photographs
Gloucestershire – Dursley:new picture, Bristol: updated amendment
Leicestershire – of Ashby de la Zouch and Market Harborough: additional information and pictures
Nottingham – archive image, 1911
Oxfordshire – Thame and Witney: updated information and picture. Oxford: updated information
Staffordshire – Bilston: archive picture

28 November 2006
Leicestershire - first upload of county section.
 
27 November 2006
 
Lincolnshire, Grantham - Photograph of plaque acknowledging use as WW1 Auxilary military Hospital.
Gloucestershire, Dursley - archive documents and photograph included in Memorabilia section.
 
22 November 2006
 
Lincolnshire - first upload of county section.
Gloucestershire, Dursley - additional information and archive photographs.
Northants, Oundle additional photograph.
Derbyshire, Matlock - updated information.
 
7 November 2006
 
Northants - first upload of county section
Cheshire, Lymm: additional photograph
Cheshire, Sandbach: new information and photographs.
Gloucestershire, Bristol: images and information about the Ashton Gate premises
Worcestershire: Pershore: new information and photographs
 
22nd October 2006
 
Gloucestershire: first upload of county section
Cheshire, Stockport: postcard of Armoury Square prior to railway cutting added.
Radnorshire, Rhayader: photograph added
Brecknockshire, Brecon: two photographs added
 
1st October 2006
 
Derbyshire: first upload of county section
Stalybridge text updated & location map added
Conway: additional photograph
Wednesbury: Substantially revised with new photographs.
Memorabilia> Stalybridge: added (Book extracts & press cutting)
Memorabilia> Conway: added (Photograph of St David's Day celebration 1939)
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