Linking back to the 1950s in Bradford on Avon – here’s a photo of Conigre House when it was an orphanage. My parents John and Gwen McDonough ran this orphanage. Looking for anyone who is interested – I have photos I can share. I live in Australia. Email me at jan(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)janwatt.com. (Contributed by: Jan Watt)
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Wanted: Your contributions wanted for oral history project
I recently gave details of an exciting new community project that some of the local primary and secondary schools are taking part in; ‘Bradford Speaks- Oral History project’. As part of this, we are looking for memories of life in Bradford on Avon. Please support this project by sharing some of your memories. You can flag your interest by contacting Becky Smith on rebsmi(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)st-laurence.wilts.sch.uk, …Read More
Do you remember a local orphanage?
I’m try to find out information about an orphanage which I lived at in the early 1950s in Bradford on Avon. If I remember rightly, it was on the Holt road near its junction with Woolley Street. I know I used to walk to it downhill from Christchurch School. Can any of your readers help? If anyone can, please email me: pniw(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)freenetname.co.uk Thank you. …Read More
An Historic Core Zone for Bradford on Avon
People in Bradford on Avon want something done about the traffic; intimidation, difficulty crossing the road, air pollution, noise, etc. But most of us are sometimes pedestrians and sometimes part of the traffic. And the town’s economy depends upon people wanting to come to Bradford to see it and to spend money here. We don’t like the way traffic now affects the town, but we don’t want to be without …Read More
