Southgate c1965, Sleaford
Southgate c1965, Sleaford Ref: S483049
Memories of Southgate c1965, Sleaford
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Sleaford & local memories
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Jubilee Grove Memories
I have very fond memories of staying with my grandparents Norman and Ivy Ralphs in 15 Jubilee Grove in the late 1970s and 1980s. My mother, my older sister and myself would visit in the school holidays and because we used to stay for a few days at a time, it was like a second home. Number 15 was on a corner and had a very large garden which included a fish pond and terrapin enclosure! Tommy the terrapin lived to be about fifty, I should think. Grandad had a workshop where he used to make clock cases, furniture and all sorts of thing with wood. Sadly, this was burned down in the late 1980s or early 1990s by arsonists. The house was very cold in the winter and we often used to admire the frost patterns on the window panes! I remember the Duthy (?) family who lived next door. They had a son, Walter about my age and whenever we were there he used to ask my sister and... Read more
Fun Times
i have fond memories of sleaford staying with my grand parents on st giles avenue , going to the wreck to play going swimming and best of all going to the market to see all the live stock .My dad would tell is all what he got up too as a child where he lived as a boy,jubilee road i think (ken gash). i have an old photo of my great grandad out side a public house in sleaford would love to know where about it is or if its still there
Sleaford in The 50`s.
I was a member of staff at Rauceby Hospital 1951 - 56 and have many memories of Sleaford at that time.
I was a member of the Sleaford weight lifting club which had a work - out room on the first floor of a building in the market square near the traffic lights.
I remember Gerry Cotterill who was tragically killed in a car accident.
I remember Frank Lakey who was the dental technician to Mr . McArthy whose son was a film actor Neil McArthy.
I remember the Newton brothers Jackie. Zed & Geoff.
I remember Pete Turner whose family owned a bakery in Town.
I remember Sir Joseph Godber being returned to parliament by beating Woodrow Wyatt and the announcement in Sleaford ,Market Place.
Cliff Charlesworth
