History
I have just read the interview with Jack Lippitt. It brought many memories back of my growing up in Braunstone. I remember Mr. Gibbs, maybe because I was […]
I’ve been researching my family tree for about 4 years. I was very pleased to come across your web site as my ancestors are from Braunstone. My great […]
Transcription of Interview with Sheila Pike on May 27th, 2004 Right can I just, so we know who it is, asks your name and when and where you […]
Transcription of Interview with Ron Manship on May 24th, 2004 If I could ask you to say your name and date of birth again Ronald Manship, 12 Council […]
Transcription of Interview with Jack Lippitt on May 25th, 2004 Please can you tell me your name and when and where you were born? My name is Jack […]
Transcription of Interview with Dennis Pacey (no date) So please can you tell me your name and when and where you were born just so that I can […]
Transcription of Interview with Alwyne Watson on July 7th, 2004 Right, my name’s Alwyne Watson, I’m, I was born on the 29th June 1932, I’m now 71 years […]
General Appearance and Exterior The old Braunstone church is a small building by most church standards and consists of a short square tower, a nave and a slightly […]
from the privaterly published The Story of Braunstone Parish Church A church at Braunstone (or Branteston) is first mentioned in a document of 1168, and the Domesday Book […]
The way it was. 1930 – 1950 Youngsters brought up in Braunstone during the early days of the Council development were typical of the Country’s working class kids […]
Braunstone had seen itself as a farming village, and throughout the 1940s and 50s St Peter’s would pray for God’s blessing on the crops every Rogation Sunday (usually […]
From Geoff Peet We are not sure when these pictures were taken – we think that it was the late 80s. The priests are Michael Woods and Alan […]
Mrs Lippett spreading the hay in church on Hay Sunday 1946 Many years ago there was marsh land between Braunstone and Aylestone villages. The Squire of Aylestone had […]
I was born in 1932 in Braunstone Village, in the first house of Newark, which now they call Cressida Place. It was a nice village, not a lot […]
