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Standish Well after 1943
Standish Well after 1943
Photo: Keith Douglas
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Item #: 21522
A US military vehicle attached to a convoy passing through the village backed accidentally into the structure, bringing down the canopy which had only occupied the site for 13 years. With wartime priorities uppermost in the Urban District Council's mind, the debris was unceremoniously carted off to the Council's yard(behind the Horseshoe in Grove lane) never to be seen again, and the site itself covered over.

Comment by: alan lad on 25th September 2012 at 18:54

I remember not being able to see over that wall

Comment by: Roy Huxley on 26th September 2012 at 15:31

I also remember not being able to see over it Alan, it,s had two courses of stone removed from it since we tried to look over it

Comment by: Keith Douglas on 26th September 2012 at 17:22

what is unusual about this view of the Market Place is the absence of parked cars!!

Comment by: Graham Ball on 1st October 2012 at 11:12

Has anyone else noticed the bin man with his 2 wheeled truck crossing the road in the back ground

Comment by: Roy Huxley on 7th October 2012 at 20:06

No not seen him Graham he,s a long from his lorry.

Comment by: Roy Huxley on 8th October 2012 at 11:42

That was supposed to say he,s a long WAY from his lorry.

Comment by: alan lad on 9th February 2013 at 15:17

Benny just rememberd you may have been working with me the time when bin men foreman asked me to repair some bin trollies and the measerment he gave me was one foot and 2fingers it was very funny cos his feet were size6 and mine size 9 needless to say they were reet in the end,Tommy Jones out of Moores lane it was if remember rightly.

Comment by: Paul mason on 28th February 2017 at 23:25

My grandad told me this story
How the Americans backed in to it.
My grandad councilor William Mason
Had it restored in the 1980s.

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