Jean Dodwell, nee Claxton, Was born in Santon Downham in 1921, moving to Brandon a few years later when her father ran the Fox and Hounds pub on Thetford Road. Jean now lives in Bournemouth, and has been sharing her memories of her time in Brandon before WW2 … “When we lived at the pub,
Cherry Rogers remembers courting in the 1950s … The thing to do in Brandon in the late fifties and early sixties (same in most places I think) was to go to a café or coffee bar. In Brandon it was the ‘New England’ at the bottom of London Road, next to Alf Cunningham’s garage. Or
Brandon footballers, can you name any? John Basham has asked if we can get names to these men, so if you can help then please do let us know. We have one or two names so far …
Our first day open! We shall be open on Sunday 4th June – Carnival Day. This will be your chance to visit us and tell us what you like and what you don’t like about the Heritage Centre. We shall be displaying some old carnival photos to coincide with the event. Admission will be free
Cherry Rogers, remembers working in Calders wood yard … “I would like to share one or two memories of my times at Calders. I started work there at the age of fourteen in the July of 1959. My birthday was in September so I was not really eligible to leave school until Christmas, but my
Brandon resident, Bob Jones, recalls memories of how he moved to the area almost sixty years ago, and settled in the town … “It was 1959 and we were looking for a property to purchase or rent in Thetford (preferred) or Brandon would do. The London overspill development was progressing at this time but there
Here’s a question. How many times do you walk through town and not look at the buildings around you? If you do look at them then have you seen this? John Basham spotted this and on our Facebook page he questioned what it might be, “Does anyone know what this is? Its taken from the
Thank you to Brandon resident Sylvia Steward for letting us know about these concrete steps she discovered while walking in the forest near Rowan Drive, which probably belonged to the old Nissan huts that formed the army camp on that site during WW2. When the army left at the end of the war the huts then became home
Cherry Rogers relives the time her world changed with the introduction of a modern toilet, something we take for granted today… “We lived at 50 Thetford Road and like a lot of people had an outside privy, with a visit from Jack Ollie with his honeycart for toilet emptying. I nearly said every day, but thinking about
ANOTHER MILESTONE … Today the new management team took possession of a set of keys for the Heritage Centre. Here are just a few photos from a whistle stop tour round the exhibits.