Quainton, The Boot c.1955
Photo ref: Q14013
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Photo ref: Q14013
Photo of Quainton, The Boot c.1955

A Selection of Memories from Quainton

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 Quainton

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I was born in Northend Close and lived there till 1969. Was good friends with John Hobbs, I went to village school when I was 5 years old. My dad used to run the scouts with Bob Henly who lived in Church Street. I was also friends with Anne Ewers who lived in the close. We moved to Poole in Dorset in 1969 and I still live there now.
I lived in Quainton in the 1950s, on the corner of The Green and Lower St.  My family had the drapers shop.  I remember bonfire night on the green, rolling down Mill Hill, Christmas carols, ballet lessons in the church hall and sitting  the 11+ exams at school and of being sent to the Sportsmans Inn for a packet of Woods or Weights cigarettes for my father. With my parents Ray and Sylvia Wheatley, my ...see more