West Hagley, Worcester Road c.1960
Photo ref: W305032
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The store that was Bridge's shop in W305026 (pages 68-69) is now five years later run by F Park. Today it is a Victoria Wine shop. The private houses next door are now also all occupied by shops. The gateway on the right is an entrance to playing fields, which can still be found behind the buildings.

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A Selection of Memories from West Hagley

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 West Hagley

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I remember the swings being located in the park as shown in this picture when I was about four. I know they kept the big slide when they relocated them down to the bottom left hand side of the park as you look at this photograph but I can't remember if they kept all the items shown in the picture when they built the new community centre as the previous centre was located further down the village on the right ...see more
From 1962 until 1968 I used to walk back from school with my best friend, Jonathan Austin and once or twice a week usually a Friday , we would have enough pocket money on us to give ourselves a little sweet treat at the sweet shop on Worcester road. THis little gem was called "Parks" and was full from counter to ceiling with huge glass jars full of all kinds of imagineable sweets and it would take us a few ...see more