Nostalgic memories of Draycott'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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I was born in the new police house in 1959 on Garfield Avenue. My father was Constable Hind,the sergeant next door was called Dethick. I have memories of the street and playing in it.My brother and father made a swing for me in the garden. I remember going to Sunday School, having to face the back kneeling on our little chairs. My father received many commendations, which I have. There was a family called ...see more
It seems my family have routes in Draycott and there are several graves in the cemetery with the Barber name on them.My grandfathers cousin Frederick Barber joined the army and was killed in action on the 27th of May1918.My son and I were able to be in France at his grave on the 100th anniversary of his death.From what I have found his address was Oakhurst,Derby Road,Draycott.My name is Dennis ...see more
A reply to where do I begin. I to was born in draycott and new Ida Bean & her husband very well, and had many chats with them in the swan inn. As for Doris Walker,she was my cousin. I also was chased by, not Richard Lawley but by his dad ,Jack Lawley.
My mum, Dorothy Audrey Prince, was born at Pipe Hay farm, youngest daughter of John and Mirriam, she passed away July 2004. Sometime in the 1990's I took her for a ride out and we stopped outside, she said that she remembered the monkey puzzle tree that was still there. We visited Hanbury Church to see my grandad's grave. I remember being impressed with the view from the churchyard. Some years earlier when ...see more
Where do I begin? I have titled this memory thus and placed it in about 1960, because that's the most accurate I can make it. Ida (my mum) pushing me in a pram up the 'Cliff' to the wood yard, that used to be up by the six lanes end junction. The purpose of this jaunt being, to collect logs for the fire in the pram, which I would have then sat on top of for the return journey. We lived in the house I was ...see more
We travelled from Sydney, Australia in 2006 to Hanbury, looking for traces of our Ford Family who had lived in the area around 1800.  Our particular ancestor was a convict, John Ford, "Alias Tonks", b. 1801. He was tried and sentenced to 7 years in the colony of NSW, and was never to return, his crime was that of pig stealing. Armed with some prior research done for us by the Stafford ...see more