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Lower Slaughter, The Village c.1955
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It is difficult to imagine a more peaceful scene, but during the Second World War things were not always so tranquil. The high plateau of the Cotswolds was home to many airfields brought into service during the conflict. In 1939 an RAF bomber en route for the airfield at nearby Windrush from Andover narrowly missed Lower Slaughter and crash-landed near Upper Slaughter in a field 50 yards from the church.

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A Selection of Memories from Lower Slaughter

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 Lower Slaughter

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Sheer Bliss
I lived in lovely Lower Slaughter in 1991 along with my children's father.  How we came to live in such a beautiful place was pure luck.  We had applied for jobs in nearby Adlestrop and with the jobs came accomodation, Manor Farm Cotts.  I remember an open top mock vintage bus driving through in the summertime, usually american tourists waved on the top deck, it felt surreal.  My favourite time of day was early ...see more
Lower Slaughter, the Bridge c1955
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Added 07 September 2007

The Old Post Office
My husbands Aunt, Cicely Minnie Day, was the post mistress at the Post Office in Lower Slaughter when it was situated in the house on the far right of this photo. The sign above the door denoting this fact. When she died in 1954 the post office was moved to another house in the village. As a child my husband spent happy holidays in this house when his Mother and Father visited his family there.
Lower Slaughter, the Village c1950
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Despite over 20 years’ work on the archive, these scans have still not been individually checked and may prove to be damaged, faded, or not of sufficient quality to ever be offered in our full product range. However, if you would particularly like to buy one of these please get in touch quoting the Frith negative number,(s) the town name and size of print you would like to buy. On receipt of your enquiry our archivist will check the scan and advise you if the quality is good enough.

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