Templecombe, Main Street c.1955
Photo ref:
T183013
Photo ref:
T183013
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A Selection of Memories from Templecombe
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 Templecombe
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I was born here in June 1947. My mother was a Yarlington girl who married a farmers boy from Bratton Seamore.
If they had waited one more year perhaps i would have been brought into this world under the new National Health Service!
I was born in Templecombe Hospital in 1956. My dad is Ron Hatcher who was also born in Templecombe. We lived in Templecombe until I was three years old then moved to Castle Cary, but returned frequently to visit my grandparents and various cousins and aunties. I have wonderful memories of summers spent at Gran's house, going down "the rec", trainspotting at the station and sitting under the yew tree eating ice ...see more
At around the age of three, I was staying with my grandparents Richard (an ex-railwayman) and Kathleen Evett, in Templecombe, for a few days. While walking in a recreational area next to the railway marshalling yards, I twisted and broke my upper leg, ending up in this hospital, where I spent many weeks with my leg hoisted up by a 'cats cradle' of wires to keep ...see more
I was born in Templecombe hospital on 4th May 1949, and lived in Cucklington village. Unfortunately I have lost my birth certificate. Can anyone suggest where I might have been registered so that I can obtain a copy of my birth certificate. I need this to obtain my pension. Many thanks.
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