Locksbottom, The Village c.1955
Photo ref:
L328002
Photo ref:
L328002
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I wonder how long the two people on the left had been waiting for a bus to take them into Bromley? Although it looks as if this village had a grocer's shop, if residents wanted the big town experience it was necessary to travel a few miles. When this picture was taken, the local MP, Harold Macmillan, had just been appointed foreign secretary by Anthony Eden.
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A Selection of Memories from Locksbottom
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 Locksbottom
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On the right of the photograph the second shop belonged to Arthur Sansom, the Newsagents and Confectioners. It has a sign board above the shop front: PICTURE POST.
In the Easter holidays of 1959 at the age of 14½, I took my first paid job.
I became a newspaper girl in Locks Bottom, Farnborough, Kent, for Arthur Sansom the local Newsagent and Confectioner, delivering papers, journals and magazines to the ...see more
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