Fenny Stratford, Aylesbury Street c.1960

Photo ref: F210057

My name is alan collett l lived in fenny Stratford in the 50 s at 77 pinewood drive . I was a member of the muddy face gang based in the manor fields along with nigel halliwell and his brother steve, Clive hall, and pete cave. Went to water eaton junior school Bletchley rd junior and bletchley grammar, went swimming in the gravel pits........

In this photo of Aylesbury Street, on the right, next to the Bull and Butcher pub there is Bletchley Motors. In 1966 I bought a practically brand new Old English White MGB sports car from them, registration OPP 199D. I met Mary my wife-to-be and we did all our courting in this Fenny Stratford car. We kept it until 1971 when we needed funds to get married. My wife and I are ...see more

My mother, Florrie Rollings, was born on April 23rd 1891 in one of a small row of cottages, now demolished at the A5 end of Victoria Road. I had many aunts and uncles both in Fenny and in Bletchley. My mother's brother, my Uncle Tom, was the signalman in the box in the goods yard. He won the MM in WW1 and I remember him being short of a couple of fingers, possibly due to that event. He lived in ...see more

At the end of Staplehall Road, just a couple of houses down from where we lived, there was a council yard where was stored some heavy machinery, mainly a very large steam roller, a snow plow and some other wonderful giants. Sometimes after school when the yard went quiet we would climb through the fence and play on these things pretending to drive them, they had loads of wheels and levers to pull and turn. Great ...see more