Thrapston memories
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Lords Saddle And Harness Makers.
I recently come across small metal badge thing as as metal detector find. It looks like gun metal, with a coating of brass or gold laquer. It has inscribed on it/ LORD maker Thrapston. It is a very interesting piece from the past. If anyone living there has any information on this I would be most grateful. Many thanks. I hope this is of interest to someone.
Kings Arms
My family owned this public house in the 19th century. Their name was Mary and John T Hull, has anyone a history of this public house? I have visited in 'modern' times and walked Thrapston's roads just to feel the place. I hope someone can help.
Lords Saddle & Harness Makers
My ancestors lived in Thrapston from the early 1800s to 1917. They were saddle and harness makers, does anyone have any pictures of the shop? I believe it was near to the King's public house.
Barbershop
Somewhere on the left I seem to remember a barbershop. I had my first ever haircut as a boy there, in about 1957.
St James Crescent
I lived in St James' Crescent from 1955 till 1960, (from ages 1 to 6) and went to the local primary school. I remember a lot of the names of neighbouring families.
The School House
My great great grandfather Matthew Stannett was an elementary teacher along with his wife Sarah Bush Bolton (Stannett). They lived in the school house in 1881 with their five children. Has anyone got a photo of the house or know of the Stannett family?
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Islip in The Early 60's
Greetings, My name is Diane and I am an American who lived in the Grange on High Street in Islip in the early 60's. My father was in the USAF stationed at Alconberry. I have fond memories of Islip. I remember going to the fair in the churchyard, walking to Thrapston for fish and chips and, much to the dismay of one of the local farmers, I remember chasing some cows around a pasture. I attended a one room school in Islip with the other children from town. A few years ago, I received a letter and some photos from a very kind gentlemen, Mr. T.C. Horrel (I think this was his name). He placed a temporary web page up of the village with some wonderful pictures of the village. If anyone remembers me, please feel free to contact me.
I Grew up in The Best Place Ever,
My parents moved to Thorpe Waterville in the 1960s, my parents worked on the farm. Growing up there was great and l spent hours riding my bike round all the villages, and biking to Aldwincle to the village shop to get sweets. I attended Aldwincle Primary School. We moved to Thrapston in the late 1970s. I was lucky enough to spend carefree summers in a great little village where everyone knew all, and always friendly.
E Coles, Ladies' Outfitter, 37 Brook Street, Raunds
The house on the left is the one in which I was born. It had a shop underneath and a living/dining area on the ground floor and bedrooms and a bathroom and living room upstairs. The living room provided an excellent vantage point to view all the proceedings at the Methodist Chapel opposite. Never a wedding was missed and Mum would lower the shop blinds when a funeral was in progress. Our mother had the premises built in 1933-34. Next door were Ernest and Hilda Putt who had a hairdressing business. Their grandson Graham Holloway was born there, he used to visit and we would play together in the yard or across the littte rickety bridge which joined a strip of vegetable garden to their property. We were allowed to help ourselves to mint to make mint sauce for the lamb on Sunday! Mother was assisted in the shop by her younger sister (my aunt), Hilda Coles who was chiefly responsible for buying at the London fashion houses. On many... Read more
Raunds County Infants School
This photograph shows the Raunds County Infants School - the County Modern School was behind the Infants school and the two were joined by some flat-roofed shelters.
I started at the County Infants school on my 4th birthday in 1948 and my father started work there in the same year as the caretaker of both the Infants and the County Modern School (or 'the big school' as we knew it then). Teachers at the Infants school included Miss Eady, Mrs Bull and Mrs Whittam and in the summer, when the weather was good, we would have lessons in the open-air classroom that can be seen on the right of the building. There was also a Miss Knighton, who was like a nurse, who used to regularly tip spoonsful of cod liver oil down our throats. I soon got to know my way round 'the big school' because if any child had an accident (?) or there was some other problem, I was often asked to go and find my... Read more
The Hall
The Hall had three impacts on my life. Firstly the library was open there on Mondays and Thursdays and for many years I visited on both as I was an insatiable reader. You began with one ticket but eventually managed to persuade the librarian to give you two. On Mondays,you were supposed to have one fiction and one non fiction book, but the librarian on Thursdays was much nicer and let you have two story books.
The optician Mr Rixon was also there on Thursdays so from the age of ten I visited him once a year. At the beginning you sat in a big old arm chair to have your test but one year, he'd gone high tech. and had a proper metal chair. I wasn't keen at first as this looked too much like the dentists.
The Hall Grounds were wonderful in the 1950s and early 1960s. What a pity so much of them has been built on. We used to go down on summer Sunday evenings to... Read more
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