A Publication by Chris Reynolds

Tring in 1947

What was happening in the town 50 years ago

Edited by Chris Reynolds

CODIL Language Systems Ltd , Tring 1997


From the Tring Parish Magazine, 1947

This booklet is now out of print and is reproduced here, with some minor editorial changes.

CONTENTS

  1. Tring's Lucky Escape

  2. Tring's Council in 1947

  3. The Threat from the East

  4. Storms of a different kind

  5. All quiet on the Hospital Front

  6. Too much - or too little - traffic

  7. If you can't travel entertain yourself in the town

  8. Tring Town Map

  9. Shopping in the town - High Street (East)

  10. Shopping in the town - High Street (West)

  11. Shopping in the town - Western Road & Tring Triangle

  12. The Population Expands

  13. Education in Tring

  14. Environmental Concerns are nothing new

  15. After the War

  16. The Parish Church

  17. The Parish Church - Baptisms

  18. The Parish Church - Marriages

  19. The Parish Church - Burials

  20. Acknowledgements and Notes (plus details of 1952 Tring Guide)

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