Memories of the 1930s in Upper Beaconsfield

This old photograph was taken at the 1934 Back to Upper Beaconsfield event and the official opening of the new Upper Beaconsfield Road. Some of the many names that have been put to faces include Muriel Dowling, Pauline Chauncey, Helen Savory, Ted Clynch, Betty Savory, Peggy Heap, Joan Harris, Miss McLean, Nancy Heap, Neil Paxton, Robin Dowling, Joe Dowling, Alma Horrigan, Colin Begg, Pearl Horner, Helen Hughes, Larry Osborn, Mr and Mrs Francis, Eva Dowling, Mr Berglund, G. Savory, Clive Colles, Bunny Wingle, Ern Horrigan, Les Gilpin, Mrs A. Rogers, Dan Colles, Fred Keeble, Win Holmes, Bruce Rogers, Tom Warne, John Bevan, Mrs C. Colles, Mrs Horrigan, Mrs J. Nathan, Russell Keeble, Mrs Keeble, Fred Savory, Mrs Mary Edwards, Harold Edwards, Miss N. McLean, Flora Begg, Hans Glissman, Doug Nathan, Betty Edwards, Mrs J. Savory, Miss A. Taylor, Mrs H. Glissman, Dick Edwards, Mrs Ted Hamilton, Miss Taylor, Cr D. McBride, Nancy Knapton, Mr Thorogood, Mrs Knapton, Warwick Griffin, Matt Bennett (MP), Tom Black, Betty Knapton, General Foott, Roy Hayball, Bill Berglun, Claud Harris, Mr Hughes, Gwyn Colles, Concie Hughes, Colin Wright, Malcolm Griffin, Mrs Colin Wright, Sheila Murfitt, Bill Knapton and Frank Knapton.

This Gazette article - published in the late 1980s or early ’90s - looks at Upper Beaconsfield in the 1930s […]

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