Studley, Studley College c.1960
Photo ref:
S299013
Photo ref:
S299013
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A Selection of Memories from Studley
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 Studley
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At the time I lived at 45 Crooks Lane, I must have been about 12 or 13 living with my parents Fred and Sis, approx. 1951 or 1952, when my Dad told me that a rather strange man who lived in a large detached house along the Redditch Road,had a painting that he wanted to dispose of and would I take a wheelbarrow down to the house and collect it. I was very wary of this because of the tales that the ...see more
My nan lived at 59 Alcester Road with her second husband, Jack Pinfield. I remember visiting when I was a child and have fond memories of them both. Mr Pin (as we called him), cycling off to work at Needle Industries every day and taking me fishing at weekends - happy days! Although it was before my time, nan used to be a popular pianist in the local pubs including the Duke of Marlborough (no longer there). He father was at one time a publican, and ran the Nags Head. Anyone remember them?
My grandparents and their family lived here for many years and I was born in the front bedroom in the middle of the photograph in November 1947. My stay in a castle did not last long, as a few days after my birth we moved to a prefab and lived there until 1960.
This building is known as "Studley Castle" and after the demise of Rover, who owned it, was sold to a hotel chain.
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