St John's Chapel, The Village c.1955
Photo ref:
S295009
Photo ref:
S295009
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St John's Chapel straddles the A689 between Daddry Shield and Ireshopeburn. The village church, which can be seen on the right-hand side of the picture, was completed in the 1730s, and is unusual in that it has a pyramidal roof.
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A Selection of Memories from St John's Chapel
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from St John's Chapel
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Hi all, I was in Stanhope from 1970 to 73 I remember lots of bad things about the place but also some good times. There was a few good teachers but most would be jailed now for what they did to some of the kids then. I remember going camping to Whitby once a year. They put all the tents and camping stuff in a cattle truck then made about 20 of us from Bewdley House get in the back and drove us from Stanhope all the ...see more
My aunt is 95 years old and now lives in San Francisco but she talks a lot about St Johns Chapel. She was born there and went to school there. Her grandfather (John Slater Freeman) was headmaster of the school for a number of years. She was born in a large house there and the tradition was that all first borns had to be born in the house. Evidently the house is now flats. My aunt's name was Olive Freeman. ...see more
We used to rent the bottom cottage down from the Co-op and the top house pub. My younger brother had a massive crush on the barmaid of the middle house. She was called Marylin (he is called Ben). Is she still there? I believe her younger brother was a milkman? We rented the cottage for about 4 years on the bounce and had the best holidays ever there. My memories include the pirahna at Horsley Hall, the banana ...see more
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