2017 April

April 17, 2017

Rowdiness at The Avenue cinema

Cherry Rogers recalls going to The Avenue cinema … “The Avenue Cinema, was the main entertainment for most people in Brandon when I was growing up.  There were of course dances and socials, and church fetes which were all popular.  People went out and had fun, no entertainment was brought to the home apart from

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April 16, 2017

The evacuee boarding above the ironmonger shop …

An idyllic childhood Peter Woods recalls his time as an evacuee, staying in a flat above Woodrow’s ironmonger, overlooking Market Hill, in the 1940s … “Our ‘front room’ looked out onto the market square and in one corner of this room stood a Morrison shelter.  This had a flat top with a cage like construction underneath.  When the

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April 16, 2017

Bee keeping in Brandon

Cherry Rogers recalls her memories of growing up in Brandon … “Some of my happiest memories are time spent with my dad Jack Mackender and my maternal grandfather Alec Rolph.   Dad and grandad were both beekeepers and produced prize winning honey.  My Grandad kept his bees on the land behind his house on London Road,

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April 16, 2017

A few images of the outside of the centre

A quick recce of the centre … dead flies on the Guest book, a dead spider on the entrance floor.  The centre is in need of a good clean.  Hoping to get the keys and get inside soon.  For now here are some photos of the outside, taken over the Easter weekend, 2017.

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April 14, 2017

Welcome to our new online home

Welcome!  This is the start of something really special.  The Brandon Heritage Centre is back online.  On Wednesday 12th April 2017 a meeting was held to air a new vision for the Heritage Centre, part of that vision is a return to hosting a dedicated website where people can look into the archive, learn about the

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