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Beddington, The Broadway 1952
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Memories of Beddington, the Broadway 1952

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. These memories are of Beddington, The Broadway 1952

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If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

I remember these shops so well from my childhood. The first on the left was a newsagent the next a baker at the other end of the Broadway was the post office. My brothers,my sister and I passed them every school day on our way to Highview School up Plough Lane. I especially recall that in 1952 most of the shops had stuck stamps of King George on their windows; some they had edged with black ink as a mark of respect ...see more