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Stamford, Brooke's Court 1922
Stamford, Brooke's Court 1922 Ref: 72313
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 Stamford, Maiden Lane 1922 (ref: 72306) |
The street where I was born
This photograph was taken in the year my father was born in the house which is just out of sight at the far left-hand side of the picture (No. 2). I was also born in the same house 33 years later. Most of the buildings shown here are still standing, but the cottage with two windows on the left-hand side had been rebuilt by the time I was born, and since the mid-1960s there has just been a gap there leading into a car park and delivery area. Half-way down the left-hand side of the street was a butcher's shop, where my mother used to take me when she went shopping. I remember seeing the butcher using his cleaver to separate the chops, slicing off the rashers of bacon on the mechanical slicer, and cutting off lengths of sausages. Further down that side was the dentist's surgery, which has only just (2007) moved out of the same premises. On the right-hand side past the King's Head was the site of a printing works in a three-storey brick building, where one of the local newspapers was produced in the 1920s. My father tells me how he remembers the wireless reception being disturbed on the evening when the presses were running. You could hear them at both ends of the street. In my day there was a plumber's business in the building. A few doors beyond that was a shoe repairer's shop, and then the doctors' surgery on the corner of St Mary's Street. On the right-hand side of the King's Head (out of picture) is St Michael's church (standing on the High Street), which used to have the greatest seating capacity of all the churches in the town (there were six parishes); but it was decommissioned in the early 1960s, and the last service held in it was the Stamford School Speech Day service in summer 1966, which I attended (sitting in the gallery) as a junior member of the school. The building still stands, but was converted in the 1980s to three shopping units. While the church was still in use I remember the bells ringing on a Sunday morning - there were just three of them. I believe they have been moved to a church near Ely. I lived in this street until 1983. Posted: 13/12/2007 22:17 by John Riley |
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 Stamford, the Meadows c1955 (ref: S177036) |
The Hump
Just on the other side of the bridge you can see the footpath leading up and over a mound. This mound was built up in preparation for a projected relief road from the Midland Railway station to the Sheepmarket (on the other side of the Meadows). I remember playing around this hump - rolling down the side of it, and running through the pipe which went through the middle of it (where you could have a wonderful time playing with the echo!). The hump was removed in the 1960s after the A1 bypass was opened, and the whole "inner relief road" idea was, thankfully, scrapped! Posted: 28/06/2006 13:19 by John Riley |
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Year: 1960
Childhood memories A memory of Huntworth, Somerset My Father was stationed at nearby wittering,he retired & then he & my mum took on the Hare & Hounds public house,it was a tiny then until of course stuart & patterson did a welcomed re-furbishment!!This was the start of many happy childhood adventures not all within the law but exciting all the same.I attended the village school Mr.Burgin was the boss,always remember the school dinners (lovely)& all my then mates the Wards the Mc Intyres the Masons the Johnsons & a few more that i can remember but not their names (old age). we left in 1967 a sad day in my life. Yes Greatford has changed so much over the years for one who can remember what it used to be like in the 60's the watercress beds have gone more houses have sprung up,Mr.Bakers nurseries vanished more houses,my big old conker tree by the river welland gone ah well it was a long time ago!! Posted: 28/12/2007 11:48 by Dougie Brown |
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 Deeping St James, Church Street c1965 (ref: D150004) |
Year: 1900s
The waterton Arms A memory of Deeping St James, Cambridgeshire The Waterton Arms, in Church Street, used to be owned and run by Mary Elizabeth Mulligan. Her grandson Andrew Robert owned the house next door and the Pharmacy attached. Last edited: 27/02/2007 09:21 by Mary Mulligan |
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Year: 1948
STAYING WITH MY AUNT IN BOURNE A memory of Bourne, Lincolnshire In 1948 or thereabouts my mother went into hospital and I came to Bourne and attended the Primary School. We had a rhyme: "please Miss Fenney can you spare a penny to buy Miss Vickers a new pair of nickers" Mss Dent was the Head, and every school day began with "Good morning Miss Dent, good morning teachers". A railway line ran outside the classroom and every time a train went by I wondered if my Dad was the Driver. I remember Birchnalls taxi and the Delaine buses, and the Saturday football match and visits to the pictures. Shane was showing and it was a classic. Every morning I woke up to the sound of Wherrys peas being processed and that is where my aunt worked. My cousin Anne had tons of comics and I read them all during my stay. My uncle bought a small car which I was keen to ride in but it arrived without windows. After Bourne I moved on to another Aunt at Swinstead and here I had a whale of a tie collecting eggs, chasing rabbits, picking mushrooms, and yes even driving a tractor and holding the clutch down with two feet before letting it out and moving on to pick up more sheaves. They were good days but at times I became very homesick. I had already become a Notts County supporter and my Aunts next door neighbour was a Mr Fisher, father of the Secretary of Notts County so getting to know "Ishy" was good fun and it paid dividends later when I returned home and wanted a place in the stand where I could see the game. Every game was 40,000 and the star was Tommy Lawton. Buses travelled from everywhere to see him play, even from Bourne. Posted: 08/08/2008 15:17 by John Kisby |
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