Bocking, St Peter's Church 1900
Photo ref: 46248
Made in Britain logo

Photo ref: 46248
Photo of Bocking, St Peter's Church 1900

A Selection of Memories from Bocking

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 Bocking

Sparked a Memory for you?

If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

My mother wrote her childhood memories about 10 years before she died in 1992. She was sent to Friars Children's Home for the sole purpose of working when she was 14 in about 1926. I think that her memories are an important part of the history of the building which was once a children's home but now still stands as the Old Court House Hotel. Her story is a long one but I will ...see more
Late 1949 early 1950 I stayed with my mother, Mrs Dorothy Violet Lee (nee Gobbitt) at The Convent, Bocking. Born 1943 I would have been aged 6-7yrs. My time there was to await the move into our new home at 140 Church Street, Bocking End. On reflection, am at a loss as to why we stayed at the Convent. We were Church of England, and can only assume appropriate accommodation was not available at the time we moved ...see more
This isn't really a memory, but a request. As I was looking through my Mom's belongings, I found this same postcard. My Mom's name was Vera Snell and she was born on August 5, 1921. Sadly, she passed away on Dec 10, 2002. She used to tell us stories of that time of her life, and I know that I was named after her friend, Jackie, who I believe passed away frome a motorcycle accident. ...see more
With no Catholic Church in Braintree in 1937, my late parents' wedding took place in November at the Bocking Convent.