Donnington, St Matthew's Church Interior 1900
Photo ref:
46153
Photo ref:
46153
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A Selection of Memories from Donnington
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 Donnington
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I was born in Trench in 1948; my father worked at the Granville Pits. We moved to 'The Old Yard' when I was about 4 years old. We had such a good community, the homes were bungalows and houses. We lived in a little bungalow with no heating other than a big old black leaded grate. No running water in the house, just a cold tap in the outhouse, where mum did her washing every Monday by lighting a big copper boiler to ...see more
In the 50s/60s we would go and spend the day on the Wrekin. We would cycle from our home on Charlton Hill and leave our bikes at the Forest Glen (no need to lock them up) and make our way up the first part of the climb which was quite sharp; then we would stop at the Halfway House tea room and sit ouside with a glass of lemonade. There were it seemed, hundreds of people there all dressed up in their Sunday best. We ...see more
I went to school here in the 50s/60s; it was known as Wroxeter and Uppington C of E School. There were just two classes, the big class run by Miss Thomas the Headmistress and the little class run by Mrs Saltmarsh. Our dinner lady was Mrs Habberley, after lunch two of us used take the left-overs in a bucket to the buildings next to the school and feed it to the pigs. We went to Shrewsbury swimming baths once a ...see more
Can anyone help me? I was in the Royal Pioneers in 1955 to 1957 and would like to know if anyone has a photo that I can have a copy of.
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