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Don Wheatcroft's memories

(Francis) Don Wheatcroft (1919-2018) has left us some wonderful memories of Campden as he grew up.  He enjoyed his visits back to Campden to see old friends, looking at photos of his boyhood.

  • My father, Harry Wheatcroft

    My father, Harry Wheatcroft

    My father was a first-class role model, hardworking, turning his hand to any job or small enterprise which would help ...
  • Early years

    Early years

    Don Wheatcroft's early childhood
  • Chipping Campden Schooldays in the 1920s & 30s

    Chipping Campden Schooldays in the 1920s & 30s

    Memories by Don Wheatcroft
  • From horse to horsepower

    From horse to horsepower

    Vehicles and Implements in and around Chipping Campden 1920's onwards
  • Changing farming ways

    Changing farming ways

    About 1933 the local land agent behind the town hall approached Father and told him of a farm becoming available ...
  • Fair days and holidays

    Fair days and holidays

    The monthly cattle markets and horse fairs were the days when Father gave me my fair day penny. “I would spend ...
  • Horses

    Horses

    Father’s first horse was a ‘half leg’ called Prince. Jack Coldicott let Father graze him in the Leasows at no ...
  • Making the most of things

    Making the most of things

    The sheds’ roofs were made of corrugated iron which rusted and needed regular repairing. So Father would go down to ...
  • Making cider

    Making cider

    Across the driveway from our house was a small stone built stable, in the loft of which our ladders were ...
  • Expanding market garden

    Expanding market garden

    Father became well known for quality plants, selling them easily for 3d or 4d a score (20).  As time went ...
  • Keeping bees and pigs

    Keeping bees and pigs

    “At the top of the orchard Father kept 5 hives of bees and my brother Sidney and I with veils ...
  • Made with stone-milled flour

    Made with stone-milled flour

    The mills of Chipping Campden in the 1930's
  • World War II

    World War II

    Then came the gathering storm clouds of war and the men began to be ‘called up’. First to go from ...
Campden People
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  • A man of many parts - Herbert Wixey
  • Campden's Olympic Gold Medallist
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  • Charles Francis Seitz (Sykes) 1858 - 1933
  • Charlie Ladbrook 1896 - 1987
  • Charlie Veale 1866 - 1932
  • Dorothy Greening, neé Taylor 1889 - 1967
  • Dorothy Stanley (nee Meadows) at school
  • Frederick Charles Badger 1904 - 1975
  • George 'Bussy' Haysum
  • George 'Ninety' Griffin
  • Gordon Greenall 1945 - 2014
  • Harold Ashwin's Memorial Scroll donated to CCHS
  • Harry Bennett - a life in baking
  • Harry George Ellis
  • Joan Donne 1920 - 1999
  • Martha Ellis (nee Prince) 1866 - 1962
  • Mary 'Polly' Waine, neé Bayliss 1843 - 1937
  • Oxo
  • Pat Moran 1869 - 1950
  • Sarah Bickley 1900 - 1978
  • Shepherd Hedges
  • Sold newspaper to King Edward VII
  • Thomas Dent 1881 - 1971
  • Don Wheatcroft's memories
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