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| Olney, Buckinghamshire |
| A 1923 postcard of Bridge Street. (Z) |
| This postcard of High Street South was mailed in 1909. The "Swan" is clearly seen as is a butcher's shop on the left. |
| Other than the addition of motor cars, this view has changed little since the photograph was taken, probably in the 1920s. (Z) |
| No date for this postcard of the Market Place. (Z) |
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| Clifton Bridge across the Ouse - a good spot to see Kingfishers. |
| The Cowper Museum in the late 1920s. |
| This postcard was mailed in 1904. (Z) |
| A 1960 postcard of Weston Underwood. (Z) |
| An unused postcard of Cowper's House on the Market Place. |
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| There are a couple of ghost stories associated with Olney. The first concerns the "Castle" pub at the north end of the High Street (now an Indian Restaurant). Towards the end of the last century, the landlord's wife and a customer spotted the ghostly form of a woman in black clothing, whilst another customer watched a man walk through a locked door. An exorcism was performed, but a few years later the ghostly woman was seen again. A legend says that a phantom horse and coach pass through the pub once a year, though no-one knows the exact date. The second ghost haunts the Whirlypits, just up the road from the Castle. This is a "bottomless" pond, and a phantom coach pulled by headless horses led by a decapitated driver passes through the town and dives into it, their passenger none other than the Devil on his way home - probably after a few pints in the Castle ! |
| Did You Know.... that Olney's most feted famous residents are William Cowper, the poet, and John Newton, a former sailor who served on slave ships, and who collaborated with Cowper to produce the Olney Hymns, which include "Amazing Grace" ? |
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| Emberton. |
| The Market Place and the "Bull". |
| Cowper Roller Mill and the Church. |
| Cowper's Summer house. |
| Another view of Cowper's House and the Market Place. |
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