Sandy, The Mill c.1960
Photo ref:
S61019
Photo ref:
S61019
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Never a very large town, Sandy owes its continued existence to the strength of the produce market in Victorian England. When the railway came in 1850, it opened up the voracious wholesale markets of London and the Midlands and brought a measure of solid prosperity to the community.
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A Selection of Memories from Sandy
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 Sandy
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Seen every day but nearly always missed, was the sign above the hairdressers, the one with the shade down and owned by E. Curtis, it was still possible to see the sign at the top, just below the guttering, that said it was the site where the public could go and have a bath.
I lived in Sandy between about 1963 and 1979 and have seen changes even in that short time. It was a fairly quiet village when we first came in spite of the adjacent A1. I went to St Swithuns school in St Neots Road, then Sandy County Primary School and Sandye Place (Sec Mod) school. There wasn't an awful lot to do in those days, only the rec' or the Sandhills to go and play. The old corn mill was still standing, but ...see more
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