Kelvedon Hatch, 1906
Photo ref: 54475
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A Selection of Memories from Kelvedon Hatch

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 Kelvedon Hatch

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My parents moved to Woodside School Lane in about about 1956 and I spent a few happy years there. We lived opposite the playing fields. I believe houses are now there. We had Saturday dances in the hall which were great fun. Before I started my nurse training I worked in a care home in Dudbrook,which if I remember rightly was for elderly people from East London. My 3 nephews attended the Primary school in the village.
My Mum and Dad lived quite close to Common Stocks, and as a boy along with mates of mine namely Keith Mills and Len Shuttleworth we would often clown around and pretend we were prisoners that had there legs locked as we were young enough to place our feet through the round holes in the Stocks. The history of the Common Stocks goes back along way and everytime I am visiting there from my home here in ...see more