Gamlingay, St Mary The Virgin Parish Church c.1965

Photo ref: G277005

I have one lasting memory of that lovely village. In or around 1967, as an 18 yr old, I worked for a shopfitting company from Southend, Essex, The had the contract to fit out the entire chemists shop in Church St (I think) At the Factory in Hockley, where I worked, the units were made to specification and I was chosen to come out and assist with the fitting of them. The job was a two day ...see more

Does anyone have any thoughts on these brothers & sisters? I would love to know.Many Thanks

I was born in my grandma's house in Church St, didn't have a number in those days, when it did it was #13, which was good because I was born on the 13th. I enrolled at the Gamlingay Old School in 1946 in Miss Cades class then Miss Almonds and Mrs Arnolds followed by Mr Ashton which took me up to my 11 birthday. It was the days of school dinners and outside toilets. Many school mates that I ...see more

I left Sandye school in 1970. We lived in Potton and I started work at Empsons garage as a trained mechanic. They also repaired lorrys there too - mainly Commer. It was owned and run by Bill Empson and Steve Whitbread worked there as a mechanic. His snooty Son Geoffrey Empson also worked there - they had a dog called Tatty Bitch. When the miners strike was on and we had power cuts, we would wind the ...see more