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Alcester, Oversley Green c1965
Alcester, Oversley Green c1965 Ref: a113051
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Bidford-On-Avon, the River and Bell Court Cottage 1950
Ref: B91021
I lived here for two years in 1941/42. My father rented it from Mrs Switzer who owned Bell Court. I was ten years old and together with my parents was escaping the Birmingham bombing. I used to fish from that very unstable veranda. We later rented a home on Grange Road in Bidford.
Jack Nunn
Shared on 09 March 2008
Studley, the Old Castle c1960
Ref: S299017b
My grandparents and their family lived here for many years and I was born in the front bedroom in the middle of the photograph in November 1947. My stay in a castle did not last long, as a few days after my birth we moved to a prefab and lived there until 1960.
Shared on 12 March 2009
Studley, Studley College c1960
Ref: S299017d
This building is known as "Studley Castle" and after the demise of Rover, who owned it, was sold to a hotel chain.
Shared on 12 June 2006
Salford Priors, the Village c1960
Ref: S46009
My wife and I moved here in 1983. We lived in the far cottage of the terrace of 3 (1,Church Cottages), in the foreground of this photograph. Our first daughter arrived whilst we were here. However, the imminent arrival of the second meant that we had to move to a larger property. We had four very happy years here. Unfortunately, the Christmas after we moved a major fire severely damaged this terrace and it was 9 months before renovations were complete. This is the only house that we were truly sad to leave.
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Shared on 22 February 2009
My father was a builder doing war work whereever he was sent. My parents wanted all the family to be together so we all arrived in Wilmcote, my mother, father and older brother and I. We lived in an old train carriage which had been transformed into a temporary home for us. It was situated in the grounds of the home of a Mr and Mrs Baldwin of Start Point, a bungalow in the village. I went to the village school and remember a Mr Needham was the head master. My mother and I used to walk along the canal to go to Stratford unless the swans were nesting as then we daren't as they used to fly at us and could have caused us serious damage, then had to go on the diesel train. We weren't there all that long before my father had to go elsewhere but I have many happy memories of my short time in Wilmcote.
Shared on 22 February 2010
