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My mother, Mrs Pat Bishop, was Headmistress of Boddington C of E School from November 1949 until sometime in 1962. In the beginning there were only about 9 children in the school, 5yrs to 11, no mains water or ...Read more

A memory of Upper Boddington by Peter Bishop

I remember as a lad, when Elm Avennue was split in two,where the bungalows start there was a solid bar across the road,and the same in the Crescent. You could only get the bus at the Green, the 360, it was sixpence to Luton, and the ...Read more

A memory of Caddington in 1960 by Chris Anthony

I attended the school from 1946-1951. The teacher at first was Miss Semper, who I do not remember too well. After her came Mrs. Pat Bishop, who was a lovely lady, she and her husband lived in the school ...Read more

A memory of Upper Boddington in 1946 by Maureen Tuffin

I lived with my grandma Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bignell at No 10 Ten Cottages from 1943 to around 1948. The houses were Estate owned (and still are) and my grandad Robert Bignell worked at the manor house first as a shepherd and ...Read more

A memory of Wormleighton in 1946 by Geoff Taylor

In a previous memory of mine I mentioned that the village of Upper Boddington was without mains water in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s . I lived in the School House with my parents, Pat and George Bishop. My ...Read more

A memory of Upper Boddington by Peter Bishop

Born in Victoria Hospital. Grew up on Knitting Row Lane, Out Rawcliff. Worked at Fox's Biscuits and Big Jim's Black Horse Boddington pub in Kirkham. Worked in the engineering shop at the Blackpool Pleasure Beach. ...Read more

A memory of Blackpool by brruugen

we lived in valiant road in the 60s. my name is janet squire, I had an older brother david. I remember the club house, the air raid shelters and the lollipop lady. there was an old car in the woods that we would ...Read more

A memory of Coddington by mollymog

heads the label in a dictionary of music that I received as a prize in Upper IA. No date. It must have been 1955. My name was/is Margaret Morley. I joined the school on my return from Malaya in 1951, followed ...Read more

A memory of Laleham

I have just discovered this thanks to my son-in-law who lives in Pennsylvania USA. I lived in Byfield from 1952 to 1965. My father, Eric, was the landlord of the New Inn which later became the Cross Tree. He retired in 1965 ...Read more

A memory of Byfield in 1953 by Michael Williams

I was born in Doddington in 1934, and have nothing but happy memories of growing up there. I had one elder brother (Owen), and one elder sister (Jean), and one younger sister ( Kathleen). I went to the local ...Read more

A memory of Doddington by Charles Palmer