Memories of Calders Wood yard
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…
Settling in Brandon – Bob Jones
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…
Keys to the door
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.
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…
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…
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,…
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.