Purton, Lower Square 1910
Photo ref:
P138001
Photo ref:
P138001
More about this scene
Purton was a small settlement to the west of Swindon. With the arrival of the railway age in Swindon it started to grow, and many of the buildings you can see in this photograph are clearly Victorian. The village had a large brick works, and its products helped to build Swindon and many other towns and villages.
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A Selection of Memories from Purton
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 Purton
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I was born in Purton, maiden name Giles. We lived at no.13 Blacklands, Pavenhill. My father was Arthur William Giles and he was Master Butcher at 9 High Street. Directly opposite to the Angel Hotel. I come from a family of 6 , my siblings àre Derek, Rosemary, Ronald , Wendy and Beverley. I was the child right in the middle of the family age sequence. Our direct neighbours were the Downs family , the youngest being ...see more
my grandparents used to live in church walk in purton , my father and his brothers and sisters grew up there and every summer we used to go to stay there for our holidays. they had feather beds and gas lighting and we used to go to bed with a candle. the milkman used to come and fill up the pewter milk jug each morning. we all got up early in the morning and went looking for mushrooms over the fields then go home and cook up ...see more
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