Long Eaton, High Street c.1950
Photo ref:
L198002
Photo ref:
L198002
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This is the Market Place at Long Eaton, as it looked in 1950. Although still firmly in Derbyshire, Long Eaton has almost been swallowed up by the suburbs of nearby Nottingham, across the River Trent to the east. The Empire Cinema dominates to the right of the picture, next door to the arched entrance to the Telford Library.
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A Selection of Memories from Long Eaton
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 Eaton
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I was born the third of four children in Breaston. Our Christmas's were spent with my Mum's sister's family consisting of Aunty, Uncle/god father and a male cousin 7 months younger than me who I mercilessly tormented throughout our childhood. It was Christmas day around 1970 and unusually, snow lay on the ground, the noise levels from our excitement in the house must have been very loud, Mum and Aunty ...see more
I was born on the sofa in the parlour at my Mothers home at 13 Lower Granby Street ,,,,Orchard Kitchens stands in that same spot today ,,I was born in 1951 and even now 63 years later I still remember some of the neighbours names ,,,there was a cafe on the corner of Mundy street and Lower Granby street ,,,and a small factory opposite the cafe ,,,,also there was a shoe repair shop on our street ...see more
My parents Joseph and Christine Winfield owned this pub, it was a lovely place to live and play, the pub was huge and full of antiques, had my parents kept them they would be worth a fortune now. Summers were wonderful, we used to have secret places where we would find edible mushrooms and pick lovely violets. At the back of the pub we had orchards full of fruit trees, also we used to collect fresh eggs ...see more
In 1942 I was 9 years old and lived in Long Eaton during the war having previously lived in the West Riding. We had no radio and in those days no television and I was either at the outdoor swimming pool or in the library with my nose in a book. When I visited the library I took out the maximum number allowed until I had read the entire childrens' section. At this point the librairian said I could choose from the adult ...see more
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