Nostalgic memories of Marston Moretaine's local history

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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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Marston Shelton CP and the bus coming to teach us to swim at Stewartby. Gardening on a Wednesday and get 6d for mowing the Head`s lawn. I played my only club football game on the old playing field for Marston Shelton Rovers 2nds - I turned up to watch and was told to get my kit on at 15, we lost 21 - 0 to SKEFCO(?) My mum still lives there and I can see it in my mind`s eye from the 50's. The 158 bus service was our lifeline.
The first time I went to Marston my boyfriend was taking me to visit his parents. I was 15 and he was 17. We caught a train from Bedford St John's and got off at Milbrook Halt. His family lived in a Brickyard home in "Jubilee Cottages". It wasn't as modern as my parents' council house as it had no hot water and an outside non-flush toilet. He thought that I was posh because we had two flushing ...see more