Compton Bassett, The White Horse Inn c.1955
Photo ref:
C696004
Photo ref:
C696004
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An unusual claim to fame for this place, originally built c1850, is Terry Waite's visit in 1991 for his first pub meal on UK soil after landing at RAF Lyneham on his return from the Lebanon, where he had been held hostage for 1,763 days.
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Memories of Compton Bassett, the White Horse Inn c1955
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Compton Bassett, The White Horse Inn c.1955
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I still hear all the tales of those days from my father,who spent his holidays at Number 37 with the Offer family and was sent there during the Second World War as a child, he also knew your father Reginald .
As a child I spent my holidays in Compton Bassett, staying either on Barnetts Farm or the White Horse pub field in our caravan or in a tent at the back of 36 or in the orchard of 37, even in the 1970s and 1980s it was fun, there is something still special about the place now.
My father grew up on Compton Bassett, his name was Reginald Hooper and he lived with his parents and brothers and sisters at No 36. I remember well the stories he told me as a child about his childhood growing up in the village, his friends, how they played in the street and roamed all over the fields, sang in the church choir and went to school in the village. It all seemed so idyllic but I suppose life ...see more
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