These are the memories collected from our latest reminisience session at Apley Court.
My first job was working in the market on a Saturday, I was 13 years old !
I used to come from Shrewsbury on a Saturday night to the clubs in Wellington, we used to go to the Majestic and the Town House.
I remember the old lady who ran the 2nd hand book stall, currency had just gone decimal she demanded 18 pence for a book and I said it was too much ! Of course she meant 1/6 (7.5 pence).
I met my Husband in the Town House in 1969
At the end of WWII the Army, Navy, Marines and the ATS marched through Wellington in a big parade through the town centre.
My family always used to go for a day out to the Forest Glen in the 1940’s and 50’s we always went there and had an ice cream.
As a small child I was taken down the Cattle Market to look at the animals it used to be a treat!
My favourites in town used to be the Clifton, the Grand Theatre and the Pussy Cat Nightclub.
The first film I went to watch at the Clifton was the Exorcist!
My mom used to work in the Forest Glen when I was a small child, we used to go and visit her and then it only had a tin roof.
Mondays used to be the big day in Wellington, people used to come from all over the country to the Cattle Market.
I used to go to the dinner dances at the Charlton and the Forest Glen.
I was born on the High Street in 1921, I can remember going shopping with my grandmother to Maypoles and Espleys. We used to go to the Smithfield on a Monday and Thursday to get vegetables and poultry.
I had my Wedding reception at the Charlton Arms and then my daughter did, we have many happy memories of the Charlton
Stuarts was the baby shop in town, it used to be on Church Street everyone used to get there prams from there.
Subways’ used to be boots in the 60’s, when they were trying to put in a lift they discovered the town well in the foundations
Everyone remembers the Clifton, but there used to be another picture house in town, I can only remember it was known as the ‘flea pit’, it was on Market Street.
There used to be a abattoir at the bottom of Tan Bank, the cattle used to be driven through the town on market days.
In the Market Square there used to be the Wrekin Hotel , a local MP used to stand on the balcony and give out the results on election days.
During WWI the first clinic for the poor opened up on Walker Street
Groom Alley used to be a timber yard, I remember the huge trees coming into town to be cut up.
At Tan Bank there used to be the Grand Theatre, I enjoyed going there to see the shows.
I remember going shopping with my mom in town, there used to be Barbers shoe shop, Maypoles the grocers, Richards the hairdressers, Hunters and the Co-op.
One of the first electrical shops in Wellington was Mr Allbutt’s on Mill Bank
There used to be a small pub in the market called the Pig and Whistle for people who wanted a drink during Market Days.
I got my first job in 1945 as a hairdresser when I went for my interview the town was decorated in flags and canvas for VE day, when I went to start work all the celebrations had been taken down and I couldn’t find the hairdressers !
I used to come from Shrewsbury on a Saturday night to the clubs in Wellington, we used to go to the Majestic and the Town House.
I remember the old lady who ran the 2nd hand book stall, currency had just gone decimal she demanded 18 pence for a book and I said it was too much ! Of course she meant 1/6 (7.5 pence).
I met my Husband in the Town House in 1969
At the end of WWII the Army, Navy, Marines and the ATS marched through Wellington in a big parade through the town centre.
My family always used to go for a day out to the Forest Glen in the 1940’s and 50’s we always went there and had an ice cream.
As a small child I was taken down the Cattle Market to look at the animals it used to be a treat!
My favourites in town used to be the Clifton, the Grand Theatre and the Pussy Cat Nightclub.
The first film I went to watch at the Clifton was the Exorcist!
My mom used to work in the Forest Glen when I was a small child, we used to go and visit her and then it only had a tin roof.
Mondays used to be the big day in Wellington, people used to come from all over the country to the Cattle Market.
I used to go to the dinner dances at the Charlton and the Forest Glen.
I was born on the High Street in 1921, I can remember going shopping with my grandmother to Maypoles and Espleys. We used to go to the Smithfield on a Monday and Thursday to get vegetables and poultry.
I had my Wedding reception at the Charlton Arms and then my daughter did, we have many happy memories of the Charlton
Stuarts was the baby shop in town, it used to be on Church Street everyone used to get there prams from there.
Subways’ used to be boots in the 60’s, when they were trying to put in a lift they discovered the town well in the foundations
Everyone remembers the Clifton, but there used to be another picture house in town, I can only remember it was known as the ‘flea pit’, it was on Market Street.
There used to be a abattoir at the bottom of Tan Bank, the cattle used to be driven through the town on market days.
In the Market Square there used to be the Wrekin Hotel , a local MP used to stand on the balcony and give out the results on election days.
During WWI the first clinic for the poor opened up on Walker Street
Groom Alley used to be a timber yard, I remember the huge trees coming into town to be cut up.
At Tan Bank there used to be the Grand Theatre, I enjoyed going there to see the shows.
I remember going shopping with my mom in town, there used to be Barbers shoe shop, Maypoles the grocers, Richards the hairdressers, Hunters and the Co-op.
One of the first electrical shops in Wellington was Mr Allbutt’s on Mill Bank
There used to be a small pub in the market called the Pig and Whistle for people who wanted a drink during Market Days.
I got my first job in 1945 as a hairdresser when I went for my interview the town was decorated in flags and canvas for VE day, when I went to start work all the celebrations had been taken down and I couldn’t find the hairdressers !
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