Lechlade, High Street c.1955
Photo ref:
L147033
Photo ref:
L147033
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This is one of the three roads leading to the Market Place, shown at the far back of this view. The mix of shops and inns and residential houses in the High Street continues right through Lechlade, which grew up as a medieval market centre.
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A Selection of Memories from Lechlade on Thames
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 Lechlade on Thames
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Gosh, from aged 8-12 years I was here. Now 30 years later I am still friends with girls who were here. It was just awful. We got locked in rooms for 24-48 hours with just bread, water and no electricity for doing absolutely nothing. I remember being hit, ridiculed and we were not allowed to wash properly, have mirrors or watch TV. Warped. Unfortunately my local priest today remembers the nuns/priest here. It would put you off the Catholic Church.
This is not really a memory but more of an ask; I have a relitave that was born and lived in Fyfield/Lechlade by the name of James Richard Hall, he was a local herdsman on a farm and was born in 1921 and I think, died in 1979. Any info or memories of him would be great as I am trying to do my family tree. Thanks.
I have horrendous memories of my time at St Clothilde School, from 1979-1986. My contemporaries were lovely, but the nuns were warped, and seemed to delight in public humiliation, and denial of the real world's existence. I had a truly horrific experience in their hands, I think because I was branded dyslexic and victimised for it. For seven years I was made to stand up in front ...see more
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