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Standon, High Street c.1955
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The parish church of St Mary at Standon has a three-stage detached tower - one of the few in England. It is said to have been built by the Knights Hospitallers as a 'processional' church - again, one of only three in England. The Windmill pub stands out as the white building in the centre left of the view. The building in front of the church was the vicarage; it replaced the original, which stood in Burr's meadow behind the concrete posts and fencing on the left of the picture. The old vicarage and its two adjacent properties are known locally as the 'Three Bears.' None of the other buildings owns up to being Goldilocks!

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A Selection of Memories from Standon

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 Standon

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Standon Life.
I had a wonderful childhood growing up in Standon. I went to the old school in Standon High Street. We walked across the road to have dinner in the village hall. We had the luxury of a swimming pool - outdoor changing rooms. We had drinking water fountains in the playground, fantastic after running around the different parts of the playground. Spent all summer holidays down the ford - one part of the river Rib in one of ...see more
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Added 11 March 2023

Many Memories

I went to the school here. Mrs Foster was my Teacher and Mr Pritchard was the Head Master. We would cross the road to the village hall for Dinner. I vaguely remember having music lessons in the hall too (We all had recorder lessons). We were lucky enough to have a swimming pool, which was probably, almost unheard of in the 1970’s. We had pale blue and pale pink rubber rings, I think they were real rubber too. And I ...see more
Standon, Mounting Stone and School c1965
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Happy Memories Of Standon Church And School
I went to Standon School between 1959 to 1965 they were very happy days, Mr Butler was the Headmaster at the time I remember him playing cricket in the play ground with the boys some dinner breaks. I also remember going on school journeys in 1964 and 1965 to Norfolk and Somerset, Mrs Cowan was one of the senior teachers, I know she made a collection of the books that everybody had who went ...see more
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Happy Memories
When I lived in standon my mum was a teacher at the school I can remember May Day dancing in the street ,I have many memory's of swimming in the ford and helping to push cars that got stuck in the water .calling at westwoods on my way home from school and buying a lucky bag for 3d. Linda Maskell was Catley .
Standon, Mounting Stone and School c1965
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