Brandon Heritage

Tag: 1950s

  • 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…

  • ‘Courting’ in the 1950s

    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…