Strensall, Morris Minor 1000 In Princess Road c.1960

Photo ref: S326018X

That looks like my grandma, Alice Barlow, walking down the road with my mum Elaine Barlow. Amazing!

This car was purchased new by Miss Eva Creaser. Her family were one of the old families of Strensall. Miss Eva was my dad's godmother. When she died she left the car to my grandfather, and he then gave it to my father. My dad drove it into the 1990s. The car was rose taupe, a kind of dirty brown colour and it had red upholstery. He eventually gave it to a mechanic friend who collected Morris Minors and wasn't plagued with arthritis. I have very happy memories of this little car.

The Anson family arrived at Strensall in 1957. My father was at the camp as a 'skill at arms' instructor until 1959 attached to the K.O.Y.L.I. I can remember the first day at school in Strensall village.I caught the bus which cost 3d and had 3d to spend at the sweet shop near the school. I bought fruit salads, black jacks and a twist of fairy drops. I came into the playground entering via the bottom gate. In the ...see more

My brother and I would stay with Granny during the holidays, she lived at 'Cregeen' in a row of houses on Princess Street, near the railway crossing. Granny's brother Cecil had a farm out along the lane in this picture, my brother and I would walk out to the farm, over this bridge. The photo looks toward Strensall from the road to Uncle Cecil's farm. I remember that there was a milk churn stand on this road, and ...see more