Cippenham, Bath Road Trading Estate 1965
Photo ref: C442031
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Photo ref: C442031
Photo of Cippenham, Bath Road Trading Estate 1965

A Selection of Memories from Cippenham

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 Cippenham

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I recall classes being abandoned in the afternoons when I first attended Cippenham J.S. (Mrs Jones class?) due to the practice by the RAF flypast culminating at Farnborough for Q.E.II. A huge display of aeroplanes ancient and modern culminating with the delta winded bomber, now known as the Avro Vulcan A wonderful memory of bright summer afternoons
i lived at 13ward gardens just by the village green.spent my youth there until moving to new zealand when i was 25,spent many a day fishing for sticklebacks in the stream by the pond back in 1964,as i got older spent many an hour in the 3 pubs by the pond,was just looking up my old school in burnham lane [Haymill] tosee that it as been redeveloped,Have great memouries of my youth there.
Dolly's (Essoldo Cinema) in distance
Thats Everitts Corner in front, Co-op store on left (mum got a weekly order from here, I had to taste everything, washing soda tastes horrible!), Langleys toy store on right, also chip shop and barbers