Long Crendon, Penny Cottage c.1960
Photo ref: L471017
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Photo ref: L471017
Photo of Long Crendon, Penny Cottage c.1960

A Selection of Memories from Long Crendon

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 Long Crendon

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Just before the Second World War was declared we moved to my grandmother's house at Long Crendon, as she felt it safer from us. (Some hope, as Brize Norton wasn't far away, nor was Oxford). Her house was called Lower House. A gardener/handyman called Shurrock lived in a tumbledown cottage the other side of the garden. I don't remember much as only 2 years old. I caught impetigo and the treatment was ...see more