Nostalgic memories of Malmesbury's local history

Share your own memories of Malmesbury and read what others have said

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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Displaying Memories 1 - 10 of 11 in total

Ernie Kidd always wanted me to run cross country for my house Balmoral but at the same time I was boxing for Malmesbury. When I told him I had to box that evening and could do the cross country. He said ok but you had better win your boxing. He was a good teacher.Eric lewis
Susan Williams was born at Malmesbury Hospital in 1949 to John and Shelagh. We lived with my Grandparents at Lea until were housed at Charlton Park. As previous families have said, us children were blessed to live there. I was luckier than most as my uncles, aunts & cousins lived there too. Derek & Jilly (with big Alsatian, Jennie) Bill and Edna with Ginny & Walt, Joan with Christine and ...see more
I was one of a family of Seven children(two girls and five boys) born to Louise and George Tawn. We first lived at Pinkney park where my father was employed as a farm bailif. Due to his affair with the farmers wife we were thrown out and became homeless. We then lived at Charlton Park Camp on an estate belonging to Lord Suffolk from when I was 5 until new council houses were built in Malmesbury when I was ...see more
Mr Maunders the janny, litter picking, Dilly Charters the English teacher, Mrs HOLROYD, the Music Teacher JON PEEL, sports teacher, so many memories..........
Ernie Kidd the best and most accurate thrower of blackboard rubbers, hit his targetb9 out of 10
My father James Tregellis, , was evacuated to Malmesbury during the second world war , he had three billets in the town,and has many stories of the time he was in Malmesbury which I have turned into a short film script,and is intended to be shot very shortly. the third and final billet was at a Mr & Mrs Stewert,who wanted to adopt my father and take him to America. His second billet was to a mad woman ...see more
Ernie Kidd my maths teacher, he was the best teacher I had during my secondary school days.
I was born at Hullavington 1942 and as a child used to bus to Malmesbury for market day. In 1981 I had an opportunity to buy 115 High Street (on left side of pic about halfway up) - loved it. The stream at bottom of garden, the kids used to dig up loads of old shoe plates from the stream be - house next door used to house a cobblers. I had to tackle wet rot, deathwatch beetles, leaking roof, but loved the ...see more
During the Second World War they put up families in the almshouses, at the end of the war they had a street party for the children almost next to the almshouses, myself and the Willis brothers were there.
The photograph shows on the left where my gran lived, in the centre is where my granddad lived, and out of sight is the house where I was born. I fell in the river many times, once when it was at full flood an old man pulled me out with his walking stick.