Church Gresley, Maurice Lea Memorial Park c.1955
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Photo of Church Gresley, Maurice Lea Memorial Park c.1955

A Selection of Memories from Church Gresley

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 Church Gresley

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I was only a toddler when a light plane landed in the cricket field beyond the allotments at the bottom of Regent Street. Everybody around dashed down to see the spectacle. Few had seen an aeroplane actually on the ground. It was common to run outside to see one actually in the air. (This was before W.W. II, when it was possible to count dozens or estimate up to a hundred or more.) The pilot ...see more