WHY NOT TAKE A STROLL AROUND TRING - OLD AND NEW
		A 1890 view of Akeman Street from near the junction of Park Road. The nearest building on the left is the 'Swan' public house, and to the right is Tring Farm which was demolished to make way for Walter Rothschild's museum.				I took this photograph in 1995. The building to the left is the old 'Swan', and is now a private house.
		This is looking towards the view in the above photograph. I was born and raised in the second cottage passed the archway on the left. The 'Swan' is the white building at the right top, but do not mistake it for the white building facing down the street which is the Quakers Meeting House.					The gates to the Rothschild Mansion and Tring Park. During the Second World war these gate were removed and the metal used in the war effort. Today the pillar bases can still be seen. The opening and closing mechanism was located in the front room of the first house. All of these houses were built by the Rothschilds for the estate employees.
						This is the last of my photographs for the moment. It shows the park in winter time. To the right you will see youngsters sledging down 'leafy'. This is what we used to call this particular sled run in my youth. For more images of Old and New Tring - watch this web site. My new book 'Tring Born and Bred' due for release later this year, tells many humurous and true stories about my growing up years in this truly beautiful Hertfordshire town during and after the Second World War.
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