Memories

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Broughton Astley C Of E Primary School

Born in Mill Lane in Broughton Astley on 3rd May 1926, I started school at B/Astley C of Primary in 1931 as a five year old. We would be 'called to school' by the ringing of the bell housed in the ...Read more

A memory of Broughton Astley in 1930 by Reuben Reynolds

Memories Of My Time At Newton On Ouse

I was born at Newton On Ouse in March 1928. At the age of five I attended the local school whose headmaster was Alf Bradbury. Also at the age of five I began visiting Village Farm that was owned by Mathew ...Read more

A memory of Newton-on-Ouse in 1930 by Guy Jefferson

No 1 Jubilee Road, Broughton Astley.

The first house on the left in the photograph is No 1 Jubilee Road, and the house my parents moved into in 1931. I was only five years old but quite well remember other building going on as the road ...Read more

A memory of Broughton Astley in 1930 by Reuben Reynolds

Police Constable Charles Boughton

My Paternal Grandfather was a police constable for a short while in Dukestown whilst stationed at Tredeger,does anyone have any memory of him at all,he was quite a devil by all accounts.Please e-mail me if you can provide information

A memory of Dukestown in 1930 by Richard Boughton

Newton Grammar School

I went to NGS in 1939. It was a great school. Those school dinners cooked on site by Annie the cook and the smell coming up the corridor about 11o'clock. I remember when they started building the air raid shelters at the top ...Read more

A memory of Earlestown in 1930 by William Smith

Sybil Shillabeer

Some years ago I bought an old book at Greenwich Market. The book carries an inscription to "Sybil Shillabeer from the Chisledon Wesleyan Sunday School May 1931". It is a childrens book entitled The Golden Cushion Story Book by ...Read more

A memory of Chiseldon in 1930 by Agnes Harvey