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Roads to the Past

Helen Barrell

Writer, librarian, historical rummager, deaf. Join me on my travels!

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How I picked the worst possible time to learn to drive, but still did it anyway. And passed. Eventually....

If I hadn’t learnt to drive, Roads to the Past wouldn’t exist. I wouldn’t be able to get to stone circles, obscure churches, and ancient hill forts; the interesting, out of the way places that public transport can’t easily reach.

But I did...

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Victoriana Stonehenge in Shropshire

As much as I like a genuine, ancient stone circle, like the Rollright Stones in the Cotswolds, there’s something utterly charming about fake ones.

Up in the Clent Hills, just outside Birmingham, you can visit several follies built by Lord...

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A blustery day at the top of a tower

It’s been over a month since my last newsletter, which is embarrassing because when I started Roads to Past intending to send at least one missive a fortnight. I’ve been busy working on a new novel, stressed by a looming house move, and, as...

5 months ago
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Statues, sculptures, remembrance

You might find this one easiest to read on the website - if you’ve received this in your emails, there should be a link that will take you there! There’s so many extraordinary sculptures that I wanted to share with you, but there’s a limit...

7 months ago
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Ghosts at the haunted sports centre

Classic ghost stories were set in haunted manor houses and the ruins of castles and abbeys. At some point, they moved into pubs - but bearing in mind that inquests used to take place in pubs, often with the deceased present, perhaps we shou...

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    Writer, librarian, historian, genealogist, deaf, time-traveller. Half of Ellie Curzon, writing best-selling, heart-wrenching WW2 sagas for Bookouture.

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