Brandon Heritage

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  • Memories of the Market Hill

    Cherry Rogers recalls the Market Hill… The Market Hill was the meeting place for everyone.  It was always a busy place.  Children going to and leaving the school, market stalls and shops. Woodrow’s on the corner of London Road and the market, it was one of those shops that had the smell of paraffin and…

  • Growing up in ‘Tip

    John DeCamps was born in Town Street (Tip).  His mother was Brandon-born, nee Dyer, so he has a few memories of his time there … “I was born in my grandparents house in 1942.  Mum and I lived with them till dad was demobbed after the war, then we moved to a Nissen hut on Rattlers…