Chesham, Church Street c.1965
Photo ref: C81082
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Photo ref: C81082
Photo of Chesham, Church Street c.1965

More about this scene

40 years later and further back on the Wey Lane junction, we see the far cottage, No 23, on the right, has been largely rebuilt. The white gable and stack is 1930s infill and the last cottage in the left hand row features in view 70550. The demolished ones in that view were replaced by Dawes Close, a group of single storey cottages, built in 1959 for the Mary Gertrude Davies Trust, set around a small green whose access can be seen by the lamp post.

A Selection of Memories from Chesham

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 Chesham

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Contrary to the notes on this photo the house with the two bay windows did not replace the weatherboarded one in view 40547. The two structures are side by side, though the weatherboarded one may have been demolished at the same time to make easy access for the extension to the house. This elevation is that of the extended house built behind the weatherboarded structure (when viewed from the river) ...see more
I left school (Lowndes County Secondary School for Girls) in 1967 at the age of 15 and went to work at Oswald Hickson as office junior. Our offices were above Westminster Bank, just out of the photo on the right. I worked my way up and became secretary to one of the partners but left in 1979 to get married. At one point, the office moved further down the High Street (above Dewhursts the Butchers(?) ...see more
Dear Tim, I remember the shop very well and used to visit with my Mum, Phyllis Cooley who was the daughter of May Clarke, the sister of Old Jack's wife, i.e. your grandmother. I used to call them Uncle and Aunt but really they were my Mum's cousins and that makes us second cousins. I was born and bred in Chesham but moved to London in 1979 when I got married. Did ...see more
My grandfather and father ran Humphreys Shoe Repairers in Chesham High St throughout the 1950's to the 1980's. I would be interested in hearing from anyone who remembers my dad and grandad (or my mum Jean) and also those who used the shop to get their shoes repaired. Tim Humphrey