Ludgershall, St James' Street c.1965
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Photo of Ludgershall, St James' Street c.1965

A Selection of Memories from Ludgershall

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 Ludgershall

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Does Ludgershall still have a "Ludgershall Lads" football team. As a teenager I played for them, that was in 1951 to 1953 or thereabouts. The manager's name was Sid though I've forgotten his surname and one year Ted Bates, Southampton's manager, visited us to give us tips. The first year we played we were a disaster losing 22 to nothing on the odd occasion but we must have improved because in my 3rd year we were ...see more
I was one of the first to go to this school when it opened us girls moved from Tidworth Down school i was in my 3rd year then dont know what that would be in todays school years i remember the girls all sitting in the hall at Tidworth Down while they told us what would happen they told us about the uniform think we all had the same thoughts on that enough said but at that time there was talk of STRAW BOATERS as part of ...see more
Some of you may remember me from reading this! Some of you may choose to forget! More than likely the latter! Sadly, My brother was the main trouble maker in the village and wherever he went, I had to go with him, he was my little brother and I just had to look after him, or so I was told! Back in the 80's things were a lot different! you could go out and leave your front door unlocked, you could ...see more
I hated that school; remember the 'Black Crow?' We were all stood there in our sick mustard colour, she would sweep down in the all black gown, together with the bloody hat on her head. Bye the way; my mum was the school cook, as a result was booted out. Oh well, s..t happens, take care,love Diane, ignore tag.