Wycombe In The 1970's

A Memory of High Wycombe.

I was born in 1966 in Swindon but I would spend every weekend in Green Street, High Wycombe with the grandparents (Austin). My father played the piano in the dance band called The Revue, which my grandad John organised. John spent his working life in the Parker Knoll factory, think he was a foreman, unfortunately he passed away in 1972 so I didn't have long to get to know him. As a child always remember him taking us to the sweet shop on Saturday mornings. My nanna would look after me and my brother on Saturday evening while mum, dad and grandad would go to the dances. My nanna (Florrie) had a sweet shop, I think in Queens Road, which she ran with her sister, Alice Vance (years unknown). Shopping was always with my nanna, I used to love getting on the buses go to the bus station and nearly every time we'd visit the department store (I think Murray's), there was a big pendulum for the clock inside. My nan moved later on to Holmer Green so didn't visit shops so much after that. Happy memories