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The large oblong building on the left was Bassett House of which the ground floor was Waitrose. The Bassett Family lived at Hunters Lodge, Banstead and the three children grew up to represent England. Sheena in running and swimming ...Read more

A memory of Banstead in 1967 by Heather Lee

The church was the Presbyterian and the fruit and veg shop also sold fish (Tommy Jones, fish).  There was a  furniture shop (Flackets)  On the corner of Ledsham was Miss (although a Mrs.) Locket’s.  Over Ledsham past the ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1967

This reminds me of John Rawlinson, Timothy Greenhow, Paul Manning and Anthony....? all good friends I left behind me when my family moved away from Leicester to Lyme Regis, Dorset in 1964. These ...Read more

A memory of South Wigston in 1963 by William Pedley

I was adopted with my 3 sisters by a RAF couple who was stationed in Hong Kong. Our parent came back to the UK in 1957. My father was stationed at Compton Bassett in 1960 for 2 years. Our story of the ...Read more

A memory of Compton Bassett in 1960 by Diana Hayes

I was born in Mayday Hospital, lived in Croydon in 1952 with my family and Aunty Cis (Bassett) in the Waldrons and I remember playing in the spinney opposite the house. I remember the house being very big but then I was young. The last ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1965

My name in the 1960's was Pamela Ambridge. I was born in 1958 and went to Hillbrook Infant School. I remember the teachers there were; Mrs Tinkler (nice), Miss Bedford (she smacked me!) and Miss Shoot (nice). ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1965 by Pam Crooks

Just a few memories of what shops were there in Little Sutton around the time this photograph was taken, starting on the near left of the picture you had the food CO-OP, the white church followed by the fruit and veg shop, ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1969 by Tony Franklin

We as a family (the Olleys) lived for the first 14 years of my life on Priors Hill. I remeber having to go to Jackson's shop and Dick Preddy's for shopping, bread for my mum - a collie dog used to chase me every time down bakers road ...Read more

A memory of Wroughton in 1966 by Suzanne Olley