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Brampton, The Royal Oak And Signpost c.1960
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The mile post on the former green was set up by the Turnpike Trust in the 18th century for travellers using the new turnpike roads. The limestone obelisk has a ball finial and is mounted on a square base. The south-east face has a hand pointing 'To Thrapston' and 'To Huntingdon', and the south-west face has a hand pointing 'To London'. The Royal Oak is in a good position to attract customers from the turnpike.

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A Selection of Memories from Brampton

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 Brampton

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The Village Bank...Cashlie
We moved into this house early 70s once the bank closed down and has been our family home ever since. You would enter the bank at the side of the house and growing up this room was our playroom all the main room and bedrooms had open fires but it was still freezing!
Brampton, High Street c1960
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Added 05 January 2017

Mandeville Road
I was raised in Mandeville Road where my mum and dad had lived since 1953, a year after the houses were completed. Ours was the last brick built, no 7, before they started building the pre-fab houses from steel frame and concrete panels. As an architect I know the density of modern estates, around 14 to 16 per acre is common now a days. Bernard Road, Olivia Road and Mandeville Road are around 6 per acre. Basically on ...see more
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How I Miss The Royal Air Force Humour!
The building you can see behind the tree left of photo was the main guardroom. At the back was the offices of the RAF Police and the RAF Regt. Opposite their office entrance was a grassed area where we had a wonderful standing aircraft - a jet Provost. One day whilst sitting in the RAF Police office, I glanced out of the window and suddenly realized that some wag had adorned the beast with ...see more
Brampton, Camp Entrance c1965
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My Brampton Childhood
We moved to Brampton in August 1949 when my father (an RAF officer) was posted there from RAF Wharton nr Lytham St Annes. My sister was three weeks old - and my mum only just recovering from a difficult birth after also just having had her thumbnail removed. It was not a very good start as shortly afterwards my father became ill with stomach cancer. I attended Brampton Village school where Mr Stapleton ...see more
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