Uppingham, Stockerston Road c.1955
Photo ref: U10054
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Photo ref: U10054
Photo of Uppingham, Stockerston Road c.1955

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Looking west away from the town centre, with West Bank, a school boarding house on the left and opposite houses built around 1900 (a date on the nearest house is 1901). The large building at the end of the row is the Paul David Memorial Concert Hall and Gymnasium opened by Field Marshal Earl Roberts on 30 March 1905 as a memorial to old boys who served in the Boer War. Paul David was the school's celebrated director of music for many years. Now it is the school theatre.

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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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