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Minstead, The Village 1955
Photo ref: M404004
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A Selection of Memories from Minstead

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 Minstead

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The cottage on the left of the photo was The Old Cottage and my grandparents (my father's parents) were living in it at the time the photo was taken. After my grandfather's death my parents, my brother and sister and I together with my mother's mother moved down from Birmingham and living with my grandmother until we moved into our new house. My grandmother only died in 2006 and is now buried at Minstead churchyard. It was a lovely house and I have wonderful memories of it.
Came to Minstead for a weeks break to help my wife rest and recover from breast cancer. Stayed in a very nice thatched cottage. We live in a village in Saddleworth that is beautiful, but Minstead the village the people and most of all the church just made it so nice. Just to sit in the garden of the Minstead cottage at night and look at the stars in the calm night was so nice. Although it can't cure my beautiful wife's ...see more