High Wycombe, Cornmarket 1951
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Photo ref:
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The three-gabled early 17th-century rendered building was for years hidden by scaffolding as it was shamefully demolished bit by bit. In this photograph it looks sound. Its near-replica replacement at least provides a reminder of this important building.
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Memories of High Wycombe, Cornmarket 1951
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. These memories are of High Wycombe, Cornmarket 1951
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I am writing this on behalf of my husband Tim Langridge (he doesn't do computers) He moved to High Wycombe in 1945 his father had a Dairy in Mill End Road. He went to Lyndhurst Kindergarten School until he was 7 then went to St Davids College opposite the Station until he was 11 then went to Mill Road School until he was 13 when the family moved ...Does anyone remember the Dairy,we did visit a few years ago and it is now offices for I think heating engineers
Went shopping on these streets many times in the 1960's, was happy to see when visiting in 2012 that not much has changed.
I was born in 1966 in Swindon but I would spend every weekend in Green Street, High Wycombe with the grandparents (Austin). My father played the piano in the dance band called The Revue, which my grandad John organised. John spent his working life in the Parker Knoll factory, think he was a foreman, unfortunately he passed away in 1972 so I didn't have long to get to know him. As a child always remember ...see more
I was also born in the Shrubbery Nursing home in 1957. We lived in Hazlemere. I remember going shopping in High Wycombe with my parents on Saturdays (in the 1960s). We used to go to Aldridges for fruit and vegetables and Brazil's (pronounced Brazzles) for pork pies and black pudding. Both shops were on the high street opposite one another. I remember Murrays department store too. I was ...see more
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