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Local shops and Businesses by Mrs Mason - interviewed by Brian Widdowson

A short history of St. James's Hall by G. Swallow - copy supplied by Mrs. A. Howell with additional photos from John Abbott and Andrew Potter

Priory House - courtesy of David Evans

"The Bryn" as a AA bed and breakfast establishment in the 30s - courtesy of Mrs. A. Howell

A History of Jasmine House, Main Road - by Brian Widdowson

The Railway Carriage Cottage - courtesy of Joyce Bainbridge via John Abbott

Number 33 Main Road in the 1930s - courtesy of Terry Keal via John Abbott

The Manor Bungalow in the 1930s - coutesy of Terry Keal via John Abbott

Joyce and Eddie Bainbridge's bungalow c. 1950 - courtesy of Joyce Bainbridge via John Abbott

The Manor in the early 1950s - courtesy of Mrs. G. Baggaley via John Abbott

The Baggaley Butcher shop in the early 1950s - courtesy of Mrs. G. Baggaley via John Abbott

Harston's Bakery and Cottages in Church Street c.1960 - courtesy of  Jack Holmes via John Abbott

The Manor grounds in use as a helepad in the 1970s - courtesy of Mrs. G. Baggaley via John Abbott

A tour of the local "pubs" - courtesy of Betty Wadkin, Brian Widdowson, Mrs Tuckwood and John Abbott

The last Windmill - courtesy of Mrs. A . Howell

Mill Cottage before renovation in the late 1980s -courtesy of Mrs. A. Howell, via John Abbott

The following is an section of an interview with Mrs Mason, by Brian Widdowson, carried out in May 1998 when she was then 90 years old, which deals with various buildings around Long Bennington

She remembered Ablewhites, the  bakers keeping a shop and Barns having a small shop down Church Street near where the old peoples bungalows are now. Barns moved from there to opposite Vicarage lane on Main Road.  The post office was once on the Main Street but not in Barns Shop. A family called Rolands lived next to the Post Office.

She remembered the shop at the corner of Valley Lane being a butchers owned by Kenworthy.  Harstons shop down Church Street were also bakers. She went to school with Arthur and Elsie Harston.

Her parents were friends with the farmers at Peacock Farm and the night they left long Bennington she stayed there. She remembers being told that the stage coaches came from Grantham and stayed the night at Peacock Farm. entering the yard through the large brick archway.

Mr. Robotham kept the Water Mill. She remembered it working and she knew it had been taken over by Gashes. She remembered four pubs being in the village, including the White Swan.