Week 16 – April 16th to 22nd 1984

A view inside Andil House, Tesco bakery and St Johns at Studley Green at Easter

(A450) Andil House, Court St.

(A452) Packaging  and Delivery

Hi again, Sorry, I should have mentioned I’m looking at the Trowbridge 1984 pictures 🙂  A452 is Andy Simpson, proprietor of Insit Moulded Packaging.  Regards  [Ian Johnson.]

(A453) the Printing press

(A455) More Printing

(A456) Type plate setting

(A457) Desiging and making a metal cone

A457,  A458 & 459  Tremans Court Street. [Stephen Lovering]

(A458) Sheet  metal workers

A457,  A458 & 459  Tremans Court Street. [Stephen Lovering]

(A459) Sheet metal worker.

A457,  A458 & 459  Tremans Court Street. [Stephen Lovering]

(A461) Lynne  Newbury in her flower shop, Castle St (Thanks to Amba for correction)

(A462) Nurse at Trowbridge Maternity Hospital with incubator paid for with money raised by Trowbridge Round Table. (£6,000)

(A465) Craftsman working on a drill.

A465  Hiscocks Union Street. [Stephen Lovering]

(A467) Sandy car salesman in Union St.

Bev Gardner writes – Sandy Ex Reeds Ford Dealership at Bradley Rd, moved to Canal Rd. Sandy plays Guitar at The Swan BOA Thursday nights monthly. Good friend.

(A468) Sandy keeping records

(A471) Terrry Bishop – senior resident partner at Bishop, Longbotham and Bagnall, solicitors Silver St

(A472) 5 o’clock in the morning Tesco Bakery, Good Friday

(A473) Tesco bakery making Hot Cross Buns

(A475) The buns on trays put in the oven

(A476)  Hot buns fresh  from the oven

(A477) Putting the fresh hot cross buns on display

(A478) Hot Cross Buns ready for sale at Tescos

(A480) Organist Geoff Davis at St Johns Church, Studley Green, Easter Sunday

(A479)  Inside St John’s church Studley Green, Easter morning

(A481) Church breakfast in St John’s  church hall on Easter Sunday

(A482) The lovely Janet Huntley  gathering up the boiled eggs.

(A484)  The ubiquitous Theo Dunn cricket player, antique dealer, onetime bonhomie with a tray of boiled eggs.

(A485) Malcolm Oliver serving boiled eggs

(A487) Fr Mark reading something [raffle tickets  maybe?]

(A488) Olive Cameron, wife of Richard Cameron, both sadly no longer with us, helping with the washing up

My thanks to their daughter Pat Cameron for the update

(A489) Mr Rose the stationer from Wicker Hill

Do you remember these places, or recognise the people? Share your memories of Trowbridge 1984 with us. Write to

Julie Davis
Community History Advisor
at Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre,
Cocklebury Rd, Chippenham
SN15 3QN

localstudies@wiltshire.gov.uk

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