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Nostalgic memories of Crowthorne's local history

Share your own memories of Crowthorne 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.

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Winter 1962/63
I remember the winter of 1962/63. I was at Crowthorne C of E Primary School at the time and lived in Pinewood Avenue. I used to go home for dinner and I remember the path and road being thick with ice and compacted snow - no gritters then - and lost count of the number of times I fell on my bottom going up or down the hill. To get round it I took to walking through the woods where the snow came over the top of my wellies but I could see all the bird and animal tracks.
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Added 24 July 2013

Wilkinson Family Of 130 High Street, Crowthorne, Uk
My great grandfather, William Willett Wilkinson, his wife, Emily Goddard, my grandmother, Lilian May Wilkinson, and her siblings lived at 130 High Street in Crowthorne, Berks from 1887 to about 1945. I would like to be in touch with anyone that can help with more information about them. William had a cycle shop and at one point a tailors shop in Crowthorne. If anyone knew them or ...see more
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Added 16 May 2013

My Birth Home
I was born in a big house in Ellis Road. It was a warm and cosy home. I remember waking on a cold winters day and the ice would be on the inside of the windows. I would go downstairs and my grandad would have a roaring fire going and my nana would be making breakfast. Grandad worked on the farm just to the back of us - it was over 300 years old I think. I would help him collect the hen eggs and get chased by the geese - Grandad would always save me, such happy days.
Crowthorne, East Berks Golf Links 1908
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Added 09 April 2013

My Childhood 1942 1963
My family owned the Victorian pile that incorporated the chemist opposite the Iron Duke. I was born in 1942 at the house (if it's still there) that was built as a wedding present for my parents at the top of the property and moved to the main house when my grandmother died, somewhere around 1945. Myself and my 3 brothers were packed off to boarding schools when we reached 7 so were only around in school ...see more
Crowthorne, East Berks Golf Links 1908
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Added 05 February 2011

Cricketing Memories At Broadmoor.
A fine cricket ground was included within the walls where Bracknell CC played each year. There was a concert party formed from among the inmates that used to give performances in the villages around Crowthorne: the party travelled with a strong force of warders. Just after WWII there was an occasion when a notorious murderer managed to escape and the alarm was sounded. It was powerful enough to be ...see more
Crowthorne, Broadmoor Asylum Entrance 1908
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Added 06 April 2006