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Uppingham, High Street c.1965
Photo ref: U10089
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More about this scene

Looking east with terrace houses on the left, then a thatched cottage and a 19th-century house with an Ionic porch. On the right are the frontages of Lorne House and West Deyne - school boarding houses. Victoria Tower (1897) flies the school flag. To the far right is the cross on the school chapel. In the distance, as the town centre is approached, there is more activity and the Memorial Hall ogee turrets come into view.

A Selection of Memories from Uppingham

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 Uppingham

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If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

I had two sisters, one sadly deceased,who were friends with the Titley family who used to run/own (?) the Falcon Hotel.They used to visit the Titleys quite regularly in the 1940's. Jill Titley is in the photographs of my sister's wedding. My sister is now in her 90's.
My grandparents lived at The Cottage in South View, Uppingham for 40 years from 1908 where he was a well known Director of Music at the public school. From a very early age during the second world war I made my first visit. Well down the hill at the front was the railway station, now a small industrial park, and beyond that I could see the Seaton Viaduct. One night there was a big fire at nearby Rockingham ...see more