Newbury, Market Place 1952
Photo ref:
N61024
Photo ref:
N61024
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This photograph shows the distinctive sign above the upper floors of Beynon Ltd, which can still be seen, even though the business has long since gone. The imposing building to the right is still a bank, as is the one on the extreme right of the picture. Next to it is a sign for the Queen's Hotel, which is still trading today.
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Memories of Newbury, Market Place 1952
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. These memories are of Newbury, Market Place 1952
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My first main job on leaving school (Shaw House) was as a tea boy-dogsbody at H C James timber and builders merchants in Pound Street. For quite a while I cycled daily from Highclere Castle, approx 4 miles, it took me just over half an hour to get there and one hour to return! Some hills!
My duties included running a mess room, making tea etc twice a day and touring the town for cakes and pasties, some of the men ...see more
This is where I first set eyes on my future wife. = I was working for Wimpeys at Greenham Common Air-Base, about 60 to 70 of us were lodging in an old army camp in Hamstead Norris that hade been taken over by Wimpeys as it was hard to get lodgings in Newbury. Every Saturday night my mate and I would come to town for a meal, drink and a dance in the Corn Exchange. One Saturday night we went into ...see more
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