Long Itchington, Composite c.1955
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Photo of Long Itchington, Composite c.1955

A Selection of Memories from Long Itchington

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 Itchington

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I used to live in the village in the square, at the left side of a drive to Mr Williams farm where my father used to work. The church is on the right of the drive. Moving along I went to the infants school and played in the square with other children. My dad's name was Mr Edwin Buckley, mother's Doris. My brothers David and Dennis was there too. I now live in Southampton, married with two grown up children Paul and Cheryl.
I remember attending the village school opposite Holy Trinity Church of which I was a chior boy for a few years. We had a local football team made up of choristors - we were very good. I lived at the bottom of the village in New Row (now demolished) we had an outside pump to supply us with water with the rest of the row. The tiolet was at the bottom of the garden near the chicken hutch. Not a good trip on a ...see more
Galanos house, Long Itchington, Someone famous opened this British Legion home