Taunton, Fore Street c.1955
Photo ref:
T16060
Photo ref:
T16060
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Taunton's Market House, now mainly offices, stands on the site of the former covered market. Open markets are occasionally still held on the far side of the building, where the Memorial Cross has now been moved. Known as the Burmese War Memorial, it commemorates 19th-century battles fought by the Somerset Regiment, whose barracks were nearby.
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Memories of Taunton, Fore Street c1955
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My parents and brother were evacuated to Cullumpton and I was born in Tiverton Hospital in January 1941. We moved to West Monkton where my father managed the garage, my mother worked the petrol pumps and we all lived in the house at the back. The site is now owned by Bigwood & Partners, the pumps have gone but the house still remains. We were back in London by 1944 , so I have no real memory of this, but ...see more
I am searching for a Pam Holloway who lived in Southall Middlesex (London) around 1950, I attended school with her at Dormers Wells School. We went to Switzerland on a school trip around 1950.
Pam had a sister, I think her name was Jean, and she lived in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
My family immigrated to Massachusetts USA in 1953, and I now live in Ohio USA.
Is someone out there that may know ...see more
I am trying to find any information regarding 47 East Reach, Taunton in the year 1912. A Mrs Greed ran a business there in 1906/07. Is there anyone who can tell what she did, or who was living there in that year. I know the hospital was at the back of 46 &47 of this street. My father was born at this address in May of that year, but his mother had come from Devon to give birth and was only staying there. ...see more
a few years after this photo was taken WH Smiths which was located to the bottom left of this photo completely collapsed following a prolonged spell of wet weather. This happened very early one saturday morning in the run up to christmas, prior to staff arriving for work. I don't think anyone was injured - a few hours later and the store would have been crowded with christmas shoppers!
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