Archive - Roads to the Past

Postcards from the Past, part 2

The Greek islands; or, Captain Barrelli's Mandolin

Aug 5 •

July 2025

Who put Bella in the wych elm?

An obelisk and an unsolved true crime from WW2

Jul 22 •

A folly with a view

Inventing history on the Clent Hills

Jul 6 •

June 2025

May 2025

The Witchfinder and the Towers

A visit to Mistley in Essex

May 25 •

Doctor Who's stone circle and the Whispering Knights

High up in the Cotswolds with some very old stones.

May 11 •

April 2025

Britain's most motivated village and the church that nearly floated away

The Shropshire village of Melverley and the Richard Curtis film that never was.

Apr 27 •

A castle of timber and stone

Stokesay Castle in the Shropshire Hills: England's best-preserved Mediaeval manor house.

Apr 13 •

March 2025

A Knightley knight in Staffordshire

A very old tomb for a very old knight, and historical locals in the churchyard.

Mar 30 •

A WW2 radar base on a very high hill

Views, radar, and some very old concrete buildings in the Shropshire Hills.

Mar 16 •

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