Runnymede, Magna Carta Memorial c.1960
Photo ref: R70082
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Photo ref: R70082
Photo of Runnymede, Magna Carta Memorial c.1960

A Selection of Memories from Runnymede

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 Runnymede

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I have several photographs of the house on Magna Carta Island taken during the 1910s and early 1920s. The house was owned by my grandfather during this period, John Francis Mc Gregor (a stockbroker) who was married to my grandmother, Maidie Scott  (her 'stage name', she was a music hall performer). The photos are of my grandmother and my mother with her twin brother playing in the garden. They were born whilst my ...see more