The places people remember

The council estate that grew up here from 1928 was more than a few thousand houses. Within a few years it had a ring of shops at the Circle, a cinema, pubs, schools, churches, a bank, baths and a library — the places where Kingstanding actually lived.

Most of what we know about daily life in them was never written down in any official record. It survives in the memories of the people who used them: the licensee everyone knew by name, the teacher who made a difference, the Saturday job at the dairy. These pages gather those memories alongside the photographs and the documents, and say plainly which is which.

With thanks to Chris Hillcox, whose Voices of Kingstanding project collected many of these photographs and memories, and has let us share them here.

Add your memory

Did you work at the dairy, drink at the College Arms, or learn to swim at the baths? Every memory makes the picture fuller — and every name you can put to a face in an old photograph helps.

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