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During the 1920's the Society mounted a campaign for the preservation of ancient cottages. It was supported by the then Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, by Thomas Hardy and by many other prominent men of the day. Considerable funds were raised and amongst those buildings which the Society was successful in saving were the three Thomas a Becket cottages near Worthing, Sussex, the group known as Arlington Row at Bilbury in Gloucestershire and some 30 half timbered cottages near Shrewsbury. The major achievement of the campaign was the purchase in 1929 of West Wycombe, which though picturesque, was then in a very poor and neglected condition and about to be put up for sale in sixty lots. In the course of a few years the village was put into good order and in February 1934 the Society formally handed it over to the National Trust for permanent preservation. A plaque commemorating this achievement, reproduced on the back of the card, is affixed to the archway leading into the courtyard of the former Black Boy Inn in West Wycombe. 67,972 copies sold.
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C/28/5
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Creator Victoria 22/12/1998