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Nostalgic memories of Amesbury's local history

Share your own memories of Amesbury 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.

Why not add your memory today and become part of our Memories Community to help others in the future delve back into their past.

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The Beatles,
I was brought up in cholderton as a child and went to Stonehenge secondary school when I was 11 in 1963 . My name then was Anne Howcutt and I vividly remember when the Beatles came to film Help at Larkhill,a lot of my friends saw n got their autographs,I remember standing outside their hotel for hours to catch a glimpse,think it was the Antrobus but never got to see them
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Added 05 March 2020

Present Amesbury
Amesbury such lovely town there is plenty of village shops. Methodist church on the corner of the road. bus station and there is co-op supermarket which has been built . I used to know a gentleman who name is Stephen he lives where the housing estate is now on the hill . up and till 2009 I was visiting this lovely town and spent some wonderful times.
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Added 29 August 2014

Corp Family
My auntie, Rosina Corps, lived in the house next door with her mother and two other sisters, Elizabeth and Mary.
Amesbury, Salisbury Street c1955
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Added 21 January 2014

Amesbury Growing Up As A Child
Yes, I remember Amesbury War Memorial c1950, it was moved to Amesbury Church to make way for a new road through Amesbury. I also lived on the new council estate which was built after the war, I lived in Antrobus Road. Antrobus Road was one of the first to be built and it was surrounded by fields and we used to take a short cut across the fields instead of walking up the hill to the top of Antrobus ...see more
Amesbury, War Memorial c1950
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Added 21 January 2014

We Watched The World Go And Come Back From Ww2
I lived with my parents in the right hand side of the white house shown above (almost opposite the W & D bus station) from 1938-57. The house to the left with a hedge around the door was a small private girls school in my early memories As the war built up we saw servicemen and women, our own, and from many countries we had previously only read about. I saw Queen Mary, having ...see more
Amesbury, Salisbury Street c1955
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Added 24 June 2013

War Memorial

I remember the War Memorial being opposite the cinema. When I visited Amesbury last week no one could remember it being there and it is not there now. Does anyone else remember it? I also remember the railway bridge where we all stood letting the steam from the trains blow over us. There was a huge park, well it seemed huge back then, near a cemetery. Are my memories correct I wonder? We lived on the RAF base at ...see more
Amesbury, War Memorial c1950
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Added 11 March 2013