Nostalgic memories of Compton'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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Anybody have any info on Evelyn Hayward? Is she still in Compton? I meet her again when I was about eighteen; I used to babysit her first born child, I think she was named Pippa.
I remember singing in the church choir, Evelyn Hayward was in it and I remember her telling me to sing higher, then telling me to come back down again. I didn't stay in it for long, can't remember why. I also remember the Rev Ian Paisley, a short grey haired man with a very loud voice.
As boys of the village along with a good few footballers at the rec, sitting on the swings was a must. I sang in the church choir and also delivered the milk around the village with a Jack Windebank from the dairy. I lived with Mr Harry Pinfold first in Horn Street and later in Burrell Road. I left the village in 1951 and went back to live with my parents at a village called Litchfield and went to ...see more