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Nostalgic memories of Bocking's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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Friars Children's Home, 31 Bradford Street, Bocking
My mother wrote her childhood memories about 10 years before she died in 1992. She was sent to Friars Children's Home for the sole purpose of working when she was 14 in about 1926. I think that her memories are an important part of the history of the building which was once a children's home but now still stands as the Old Court House Hotel. Her story is a long one but I will ...see more
Bocking, Bradford Street 1900
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Added 18 November 2013

The Convent Bocking
Late 1949 early 1950 I stayed with my mother, Mrs Dorothy Violet Lee (nee Gobbitt) at The Convent, Bocking. Born 1943 I would have been aged 6-7yrs. My time there was to await the move into our new home at 140 Church Street, Bocking End. On reflection, am at a loss as to why we stayed at the Convent. We were Church of England, and can only assume appropriate accommodation was not available at the time we moved ...see more
Bocking, the Convent 1900
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Added 31 January 2013

I Found This Photo In My Mom's Personal Belongings
This isn't really a memory, but a request. As I was looking through my Mom's belongings, I found this same postcard. My Mom's name was Vera Snell and she was born on August 5, 1921. Sadly, she passed away on Dec 10, 2002. She used to tell us stories of that time of her life, and I know that I was named after her friend, Jackie, who I believe passed away frome a motorcycle accident. ...see more
Bocking, the Convent 1900
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Added 13 January 2013

Marriage
With no Catholic Church in Braintree in 1937, my late parents' wedding took place in November at the Bocking Convent.
Bocking, the Convent 1900
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Added 30 November 2011

Franciscan Convent School
I remember being a pupil from the age of 5 (1930) to the age of 13 at the school run by the Franciscan sisters at this Convent. The original house and grounds were given to the Sisters by a member of the Courtauld family, Madame Edith Arendrup (Edith married a Dane, hence the surname). There were about 80 or 90 pupils. As this was the only Catholic school in the area, children cycled from neighbouring ...see more
Bocking, the Convent 1900
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Added 06 June 2011