Mildenhall, Market Place 1925
Photo ref:
78277
Photo ref:
78277
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In the centre are the pump, in use until 1939, and the 16th-century market cross. On the right are Mabel Kemp's cycle shop and Isaac Minn's, a saddler's. In the High Street, the house (centre left) will soon be the shop of Henry Stile, a gent's outfitter's; in the centre are the Tiger's Head (landlord Edward Smith), and the gabled Boot Stores of 1905.
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A Selection of Memories from Mildenhall
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 Mildenhall
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I remember the old Bussen and Parkins in Mildenhall High Street burning down. I was only young then but have lived in Mildenhall most of my life. It was the night it burned down I was with my parents, coming home from visting my gran in Gazley village near Newmarket. We was just coming up to Barton Mills and we saw this red glow in the sky, so my dad, who used to like taking photos of things happening, like ...see more
I was born (1940) and raised in Mildenhall, in one of the old flint cottages in Kingsway, (now the Mildenhall Museum) almost opposite the fish and chip shop (Snushalls?) and after a couple of moves left Mildenhall in 1955 to join the RAF and travel the world. The cottage where I was born ('Fern Villa') has long since been knocked down to make a rear access to the shopping mall in the market.
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During the years of 1959-1960 I worked as secretary in the Education Centre at RAF Mildenhall. One of my favourite memories of that time was having lunch at Tillys Pantry every Friday. Another secretary at the air base had just passed her driving licence exam - quite a feat for a young girl at that time as it was a thorough examination and not too many passed on the first attempt, and ...see more
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