Dursley, Parsonage Street c.1960
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This bustling scene captures the essence of many small towns in the 1960s before the arrival of multiple retailers introduced a uniformity to almost every shopping street everywhere. The shop on the right with the sunshade is Hillier's Bacon Curing Company, a firm founded in 1819 by Isaac Hillier in a former Nailsworth woollen mill.
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A Selection of Memories from Dursley
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 Dursley
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While on holiday, one of my pals, bought some laxative chewing gum from Boots. Having placed pieces of this gum into a 'Wrigleys' wrapper, my pal gave a piece to a young boy he knew in Dursley and another piece to a man from Uley, that he also knew.
We thought that this was a good trick to play, but of course we were afraid to subsequently enquire if there had been any effect!
Happy days!
While staying with my Uncle and Aunt in Uley during the school holidays, I bought an air-pistol. To be on the safe side I bought a Gun Licence from the Post Office in Dursley. Ken Cook
I, along with many schoolchildren who attended Dursley Church of England school in 1955 entered the St. James churchyard through these gates on the way to school five days a week. My memories of the churchyard are of the rose trees that were on the grounds and the sheer beauty of the place on a spring and summer day, but the memories that give me the utmost pleasure when I think of this little spot have to do ...see more
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