Twyford, London Road c.1969

Photo ref: T331082

Mine is not a memory but a request for more information about the above property that was situated in Station Road almost opposite St Mary's. The name can still be read faintly but when I first moved to Twyford in 1983, I believe it was a merchants selling animal feed and other things to do with domestic animals but I cannot recall the name. It was possible to walk through the shop from Station Road to Waltham Road. Since then a variety of different shops have used the premises. Can anyone help?

Adding to someone else's comment the gentleman leaning over the wall - it is indeed Mr Farthing, he was my form teacher at Twyford Boys' School. I was born a few yards further along in one of the cottages next to the school. The cottages were demolished as they became unsafe and made way for a service road down to the canteen and the playground at the bottom of the school. Mr Farthing retired from teaching around the mid ...see more

Seeing this photo brings back many happy memories, on the left of the photo are two black gates and the first cottage next to them is where I was born back in 1955. Shortly afterwards they were demolished and a service road was put in that led down to the school canteen and the playground of the boys school. The bakery across the road was owned by Uncle George and many a time on a cold winter's morning I would walk ...see more

What an amazing day! One moment Twyford is enjoying a quiet Sunday morning on a cool February day and then dozens of cars arrive from all over the south of England delivering Morris Dancers! The occasion was a dance workshop day run by the local dance team, Tappa's Tump North West Morris, a group of smartly turned out women who perform energetic dances wearing ...see more