Nostalgic memories of Larkhill's local history

Share your own memories of Larkhill and read what others have said

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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I lived in Larkhill as a small child in the very late fifities. In those days you could walk to Stonehenge and there were no barriers to stop you going right up to the stones. In the local primary school most of the children were from army families. On bonfire night the army went to town and organised amazing firework displays - the same went for the childrens Christmas parties and no expense was ...see more
The military owns more than 150 square miles of Salisbury Plain and great chunks of it are closed to the public. I have seen part of this area and "enjoyed" the isolation of camping in bivouacs with my Territorial Army unit. The organisation of the trainng area is done so as to parcel up areas and allocate them to seperate training exercises. I served for almost five years with the Royal Signals ...see more