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Childhood Summer Hols

I visited my aunt and uncle for many years during the summer holidays. They lived in the house on the left of the photo. Their names were Charlie and Anne  Jones. My other aunt lived nearby on Gumstool Hill. Her name was Kate Chappell. I have fond memories of my visits to Tetbury as a child.
A memory of Tetbury contributed by anthony chappell

Another Chapter. 21  Church  Street.

This picture of Church Street taken in 1949 is special to me as it shows my second home. My father bought the shop (shown third left) in 1948. The property was built around 1750 but unfortunately had lost most of the period features it might have had, but the garden made up for everything, it was HUGE, not the sort of garden usually found in the middle of a town. It had a beautiful stone-built summerhouse which we made into a play house. Unfortunately after my father's death my mother had to sell the property but not before my own child had been able to play in that wonderful garden.

Some time after moving in the new owners sold ...read more here
A memory of Tetbury contributed by Jill Sheppard

My First Home

This is a photograph of the house where I was born.
My parents bought the house in Long Street, Tetbury when they got married in 1937, I was born in 1939 and my brother followed five years later.
This house is very old and very beautiful and fifty three years later I still miss it. The empty road on the photograph speaks volumes, because now it has disappeared under constant streams of HGV lorries, cars, white vans and everything else that has wheels. These narrow streets were not meant for all this heavy traffic, and is a recipe for disaster.
A memory of Tetbury contributed by Jill Sheppard

Snow 1963

Having moved into Walls Quarry with my husband in 1961, I too remember the snow. It started to fall on Boxing Day 1962. We had a job to get home from Gloucester by car during theafternoon.
By March '63 it was still thick and frozen hard. The postmen had difficulty doing hillside deliveries out from Brimscombe Post Office. Three of them had a week's holiday due, and were unable to take it before the 'end of the year' (end of March). As I had done a round before Christmas, Mrs Perkins the Postmistress, asked if I could do one for three weeks, to give them their break. Yes I could.
I was given Bagpath and across to the Knoll, Swells ...read more here
A memory of Brimscombe contributed by Pauline Hill