Biggleswade Memories

 Biggleswade.

Moved there in February 1964 and out of there in September 1964

35 Stratton Way, Biggleswade, Beds.

My schoolroom at Biggleswade. Started making pomp-pomps but ran out of time.
Dinner was served in metal canteens by table monitors at each table of six.

The flat above this shop was where we lived.
When Dad wasn't running this he was away being relief manager
for other Wavy Line shops.
We sometimes cycled to and met him at the railway station
when he was due home. 
I was enrolled into the cubs while living in Biggleswade.

My brother and I on the swings opposite the shop. 
A man used to come along about 7pm and chain the swings up so they couldn't be used/vandalised. We used to wrap the swings up ready for him to fix a lock to the entanglement.

An American family lived next door. Once, we went to tea, there, with their girls. It was strange, to me, to have crisps served with a salad.

We often walked to and from school. The Rose Lane school buildings these days have been adapted for housing with the address as Claremont Court. Google tells us it is a 17-minute walk, but obviously longer back to 35 Stratton Walk if you're smaller. [Map Link]

School double-decker buses were laid on for us. One went to Potton, the other around Biggleswade. One day a teacher misdirected everyone onto the wrong buses, and ours headed to Potton and presumably the others started going around Biggleswade until the mistake was realised and the drivers were notified.

Cattle and other livestock sales took place just off the main High Street, where Asda is now.

To the west of the town is a park and the River Ivel, but I can't recollect ever going to either while we lived there. It would have been difficult to get there as we had no car.

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