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Thanks, a welcome return of the 'travel-blog' - my personal favourite.
Gosh, who knew that the gap between Hemel and Watford was so interesting.

But are you sure the chapel in Bedmond is one of only two tin tabernacles in the country? Which is the other? More to the point, there are lots that are still used as churches in England and elswhere in the UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_tabernacle

dg writes: Rewritten to make it clearer there are only two of this type, cheers.

And is there a reason to link to the details of a listed building at a commercial site with advertising, when they are available at https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1348209 ?
It's true that you do learn something everyday.
I lived in Ruislip, and I never knew about who Breakspear Road was named for.
Now 60 years later I find out via DG blog on the internet.
I took a photo of a Tin Tabernacle in Hythe,last year. When I showed it to 'im indoors,he did the old joke - tin tablernacle?yes tis! Hmmm
You could have popped in for a coffee - I live on the southern side of the park and yes dog walkers and dogs abound hereabouts. But I still prefer our cats. It is jolly expensive to visit the Harry Potter Experience but worthwhile I feel if you don't get mugged in the shop.
Isn't Bedmond where Ovaltine started? I have vague recollections of leading a bicycle ride there in the 1990s.
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dg writes: Sssh, tomorrow :)
Nice to know I've not quite lost the plot even if I'm nearly 7 years older than you! ;-)
Oh, of course, the Ovaltine factory is in Three Rivers! Barely, I guess, but it is.
@ Helen D Vecht

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Don't you just hate-it when that happens!
I believe Bedmond is also where Vinnie Jones was born!
@Michael. I have said goodbye to too many friends on Breakspear Road...:(
Er, that building in the backlot, next to the house and half-house from Privet Drive (which are based on the real suburban road elsewhere used as a location in the first film) is the back of the Potter's cottage in Godric's Hollow. The Hagrid's Hut set is inside the first studio.

The tour is undoubtedly expensive but I think worth it, if only once. The detail of the sets and props is amazing. And then the design drawings, animatronics, and the scale model of Hogwarts.
There was a peculiar concentration of mental hospitals around Watford and St Albans - Leavesden, Napsbury, Hill End, Shenley, Harperbury, Cell Barnes ... Friern Barnet a bit further away. http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/topics/t070-long-stay-hospitals.htm

But mostly closed and sold for houses now.
"Lord, who shall dwell in thy (tin) tabernacle?" (Psalm 15)










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