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Grange Road, TRING, HP23 4PG

The bus shelter catering for a somewhat sparse bus service and the Half Moon pub.

This house was the Brickmaker's Arm in the first half of the 19th century, but was then renamed the Buckinghamshire Arms, but has been a private house - now called Buckinghamshire Cottage - for many years.

It is not certain that this is the Wilstone alehouse run by William Smith, but it is first recorded by name in 1751. It is still going strong - and I enjoy its good food and friendly atmosphere - with an open log fire in the winter.

Tring Road, Wilstone, Tring HP23 4PD close to the Grand Union Canal, Aylesbury Arm

The story here is common to many small villages. For years there has been a small post office in Wilstone which also sold food and other essentials to locals, many of whom, through age and poverty, could not drive to supermarkets in nearby towns. Wilstone post office closed last year because the Royal Mail has to make a profit – whatever the cost to the local community. A brave couple have reopened the shop – but will it succeed? People who fail to support their local village shop when young and healthy should not complain when they get old and can no longer drive ... Wherever you live support your local shops or they may not be there when you need them. LATER: Due to lack of support the shop closed at the end of August 2009. LATER STILL: It reopened in October 2009, run by local people.

An unusual form of topiary on a cottage in the main street in Wilstone, near Tring. Note the added gold medal!

This old pump is outside the half-timbered Brookside cottage.

A tiny village - but 9 lives lost in the First world War Charles Badrick Walter Cartwright William H. Dover Walter J. R. Foskett Ernest C Goodson Arthur Proctor Frank J. Payne Jesse Rodwell Alfred Coker