Life with the railway
Cherry Rogers’ memory reflects back on the railway … For some reason the station was a favourite place to walk to. Mum and nana used to push me down there in my pram to see the trains and I in turn used to take my kids down to see the them. It was a nice…
School days
Cherry Rogers remembers her school days I remember my first day at school. I told mum I didn’t want to go and I should make a fuss, so she was dreading it. I went with a girl called Rita who was the granddaughter of Mrs Parrot who lived at the old Manor House. When it…
We are on Twitter & Instagram!
You can now follow us on Twitter: @IP27Heritage and Instagram: brandon_heritagecentre Brandon Heritage Centre is very lucky to have a younger member of the community on the management team, giving us a youth perspective, which will assist us to include ALL aspects of our community. We really need to inspire a new generation to take…
Happy Birthday!
It is a double birthday celebration … of sorts. This painting of the old Brandon bridge, carries the artist’s name on the reverse, along with the date – C.E. Ferry, 1892, making the painting 125 years old this year. Happy Birthday! To celebrate we have moved our pride and joy from a spot where it…
Creating space for our temporary exhibits
Saturday 13th May update – temporary exhibits Temporary exhibits room A productive day spent clearing a room to house our temporary exhibits (‘pop-up’ exhibitions), which can be changed regularly to keep things fresh and interesting. An old noticeboard tucked away behind filing cabinets at the rear of the building is now back up on the…
Home deliveries
Cherry Rogers remembers a time when deliveries to your door were common place. For our grandparents and parents, ordering your shopping and having it delivered was quite normal. The internet was non-existent but almost everything could be delivered to the door. I can remember the knife grinder coming round. He came once a year on…
Dad and his shopping habits
An insight of the shopping habits of Cherry Rogers and her late father. Shopping when I was growing up was quite a social activity. You went shopping with your list, to the market or to a shop, and sat down while the shopkeeper assembled your order. Sometimes there was a discussion about your purchase with…
1950-60s Scouts
Leon Rings recalls adventures in Brandon Scouts during the 1950-60s. We had a scout leader in Brandon late fifties to early sixties, who was an American by the name of Joe Janacek. Joe would spend hours with us teaching rope tying, fire lighting and we experienced sleeping in our tents in the wild. He taught…