Benson, Riverside Swimming Place c.1955
Photo ref:
B364013
Photo ref:
B364013
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One associates Benson with its RAF station and airfield, built in 1937. It was home to the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit during the Second World War. Service personnel may have used this riverside diving board during their free time. The caravan site is still there today, but the diving platform has gone.
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A Selection of Memories from Benson
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 Benson
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My husband was at RAF Benson in 1969. We got married in November, but could not find any accommodation around the airfield. In desperation we rented a tiny caravan in a farmer's field south of the airfield. There was no running water and the one outside tap tended to freeze in winter. The few caravans were managed by an elderly couple - the old lady I remember vividly, as she had long straggly grey ...see more
My memories of Benson started in 1946/7 when we moved to Sunnyside, which in those days did not have the recreation field. Nor did the village have street lighting apart from a couple in the High Street, one of which was on the wall of Franklin's Farm. The shops in those days were Slaughters Stores, High Street & Chamberlains Stores, Castle Square. There were 2 butchers in High Street (Wm. Lee & the other ...see more
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