Old Basing, Basing House c.1950
Photo ref:
O122306
Photo ref:
O122306
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A Selection of Memories from Old Basing
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 Old Basing
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I went to Old Basing school slightly later, in 1962,and I remember school dinners as being dreadful, the dinner ladies were so strict that you did not dare not to eat your meal, they even reported to my mother if I did not eat mine. The puddings had lumps that I will never forget. However, I remember to my eternal delight that, on nice sunny warm days, we would take our lesson outside.
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Those of us who grew up in the very rural villages around Old Basing in 1950's, had to travel to school in Old Basing, by school buses.The school on Milkingpen Lane was the only school for miles. In the late 1950's the school still did not have flush toilets.This did present some serious health issues and some of us became very ill with scarlet fever. The school was very badly provided for, with few facilities.
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