Potton, King Street c.1955
Photo ref: P130018
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Bedfordshire brick and pantiles on the roofs place this row of cottages fronting on to the street in the early 19th century. The doorway nearest to the camera appears to have a forged bootscraper built into the wall.

A Selection of Memories from Potton

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 Potton

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My parents moved to Pottonin 1937 on the Land Resettlement Scheme from Sunderland. As I was only 18 months old at the time and we were not there long, my memories consist of photographs only and these are of members of my family working the land. Shortly before the Second World War broke out we moved to Bygrave in Hertfordshire. During our time there we had avacuees staying with us and Canadian forces were billeted ...see more