Box, Glovers Lane c.1950
Photo ref: B374022
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Photo ref: B374022
Photo of Box, Glovers Lane c.1950

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A Selection of Memories from Box

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 Box

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In the early 1960 I attended a girls school here....one of the most pleasant times of my childhood. Of course, the surround areas were enchanting and quite amazing for a young person from the Bahama Islands. I plan to visit again in the next year or two. The gardens were struggling while I was there, but the topiaries were magnificent.
Do you remember the tall girl's name, would it be Jennifer? I used to stay with my gran in the school holidays. At the time we lived in Birmingham. My sister and I used to cycle for miles and would often spend all day in Box Woods and make a mess of the farmers field of cut hay by making dens, poor farmer.
... Thelma Haines.
Here we're looking towards Margaret Haines' shop which sold sweets, greeting cards and all sorts of sundries - and in the 1970s it was, I think, the only shop open in Box on a Sunday afternoon! Further down (past the - was it? - VG store) is Mr Bawtree's the barber, who had a handlebar moustache and used to sell 'something for the weekend' ...