Colerne, Market Square c.1930

Photo ref: C297013

I was born in Box and can remember playing football against Colerne in the late 50s what a slog up road hill , They always won because we were to tired, But downhill all the way back. anyone else remember ?

The Colerne 'cross-tree', as it was called, which can be seen at the left side of this photograph of the market square and church, was an elm, I think. It was already looking pretty ancient when I lived there in 1940-42. In fact you can see in the photo, taken some years earlier, that it's hollow at the base. Does anyone know how long it survived? Looking at the place on Google street-view, I ...see more

In 1974 my parents lived on a residential Caravan Park (2 Fox Corner, Thickwood Caravan Park, Colerne) and I am after some history of the site, for family tree purposes. They lived there for only approx. 8 months and then moved away. Does anyone have any photos of the old Caravan site locally - perhaps someone in the Parish collates such information? I was told that it was an old Prisoner of War camp, though ...see more

Following my previous memories, it might be worth mentioning one or two of the Colerne shops and tradesmen. On the south side of the marketplace, opposite the 'cross tree', was a shop, a greengrocer's I think, kept by a man called Louis Jenkins. Further along the High Street, at the corner of Tutton Hill, was a butcher: I don't remember his name; and somewhere near there, on the north side ...see more