Aylesbury, County Asylum, Stone 1897
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The County Lunatic Asylum was built at Stone, three miles west of Aylesbury, in the early 1850s by the architects Thomas Wyatt and David Brandon. Later renamed St John's Hospital for more sensitive times, the whole building was demolished in the late 1990s. A shame, as the restrained (or should I say economical?) Italianate style of the buildings and their elegant sash windows would have converted well to apartments.

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A Selection of Memories from Aylesbury

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Aylesbury

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I grew up in Aylesbury, Barnsbury Avenue, Hardy Close and 73 Westmoreland Avenue. I really miss those days. I went to Broughton Infant and Broughton Junior School and then the Grange Secondary School. I emigrated to the U.S. in 1974 when I was 13 years old. I was a Brownie and a Girl Guide. I rode my bike there from Westmoreland Avenue every week. My parents have passed away and I really miss England ...see more
I will never forget the day when I and my friends met Ralph Mayo who came to our school Abbey Road to see if any of us wanted to join his gymnastics club, we were nine at the time and I think my best friend then was Carole Neale. My life changed on that day and I went on to represent Great Britain in gymnastics. My mum was always my constant support. I left Aylesbury to get married in 1973 and sadly my mum ...see more
We moved there in 1949,from Yorkshire. My father was at Westcott mod, I went to Tring road infants, then to to the Grange when it opened in '54. I was made head prefect in my last year there in 1957/8. The headmaster was Percy Jones and headmistress was Miss Head, she was previously at Tring road when I was there..The deputy head was Mr Nelson a great guy, he moved to Wendover I believe John Colet school, in ...see more
Mum and dad moved into 49 Ingram Avenue on the day of the Great Train Robbery in 1963, when Bedgrove was a new build estate. I was born there in September 1964. My name is Colin Simpson and I have two older sisters Maria and Teresa. We all went to the infant and junior schools. As a very small kid, I can remember Jansel Sq and the Bucks Yeoman pub being built, and was cock-a-hoop on the day that Coco the ...see more