When we talk of Middlesex where do we mean?
The County, the Province or the Tribal Lands?
It’s possible you didn’t even realise there is a choice!
February 3rd 1798 from the Hampshire Chronicle. I found this fascinating: I never knew there was a Middlesex (Westminster) Militia but here it is ... So I looked further and found out this: the 5th Battalion was raised at Brentford as the 3rd Middlesex (also known as the Westminster Militia). William Fleetwood of Ealing in Middlesex was 'Colonel and Chief Captain' of the company, which consisted...
We've gone SILVER! We love Shepperton Village Fair in our precious parish of Shepperton the southernmost village in our County for over a thousand years in Middlesex. Any of our treasured Middlesex Heritage, Spelthorne Heritage, Potters Bar & South Mimms Heritage members who visit get those selfies sent in on the day or after! #allthatglitters
Today is the anniversary of D-Day and our focus is on CAPTAIN ALFRED ROWE: THE BEACHMASTER This jacket belonged to Captain Alfred Rowe of The Middlesex Regiment. The Allies immediately began moving supplies on D-Day. As a beachmaster, it was Alfred's job to keep vehicles, troops and supplies moving in the landing zone. Alfred also had to negotiate the evacuation of casualties, often while under...
Welcome to the blog, and a happy Middlesex Day, from Russell, Jeff and the site admin team. We hope you are well, and you are enjoying the fine weather today! If you haven't already, please join our Facebook, and see all the flags being shared in celebration of our day, and share your own images too! And while there have been tweets and posts discussing the flying of the flag (and it not flying...
Just in time for Middlesex Day, in just over a week, you can grab your favourite logo on any product we've made available. From stickers to laptop sleeves, tshirts, hoodies and more.And if there's anything you'd like to see, let us know!
Via John Powell An invitation to us all from Colonel (Retd) JRJ Powell OBE, Regimental Secretary | The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment "We are holding an Albuhera Day service in the Middlesex Chapel at St Paul’s Cathedral this coming Saturday 11 May at 1030 AM. All are welcome." Albuhera Day is, of course, the origin for Middlesex Day. It was seen by many of us back in 1988 as the best way...
On April 1st 2024 there was much ado made about the 50th anniversary of local government authorities that came into being in 1974.I need to explain ... it's a long read but I hope you'll stick with me.As Jeremy Hunt delivered his budget he looked over the Dispatch Box and said, “I can see the Leader of the Opposition smiling as he, like me, is a Surrey boy”.As people scrambled to discover where...
Recently, we met with Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP. As a further backdrop… https://middlesexfederation.com/middlesex-heritage/middlesex-history/ In 1965 a change in local government took everything away from Middlesex and gave nothing back to a county that stretches back to 704 AD.Margaret Thatcher told Russell Grant back in 1987 that Middlesex exists and only the 76 year old County Council was...
While some dates are to be announced (TBC), there's a lot planned for the Federation of Middlesex Sport this year.v 2024 Below is a brief overview of what we have planned at SJP in partnership with the Middlesex Federation of Sports Clubs FOR 2024. Events at Silver Jubilee Park Stadium in partnership with the SJP Charitable Foundation. Community Unity There are two football tournaments...
Spelthorne has a very special place at the heart of Middlesex’ heritage. Spelthorne Borough Council bears the name of an ancient Middlesex Hundred: an administrative area dating way back to mid-Saxon times. May 16th, Middlesex Day, celebrates 1320 years (one thousand three hundred and twenty years) of our great County but please, not be confused with a Middlesex County Council, which lasted only...
