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An aerial view of High Wycombe from 1992. Picture by SJ Machrihanish An incredible aerial photo of High Wycombe from the 1990s shows how much the town has changed in almost 30 years. Taken by the BFP’s We Grew Up in Wycombe Facebook group member SJ Machrihanish, the shot shows the town centre from the sky in around 1992. Members were asked to spot what has changed since then. Mr Machrihanish said: “The school you can see above Garratts Way, top right – you can’t see that today,” with Paul Walden adding: “That’s Bellfield school, now replaced with houses.” Ian Montgomery commented: “Gasometers bottom left have gone, replaced with housing,” while Jo Galley wrote: “I can see the flat that I lived in in ‘92 in Wyatt Close and the house that I lived in years later had just been built in Garratts Way.” ....
All archive pictures: swop.org.uk The Octagon, Murrays, Woolworths and the delicious smell from a chocolate factory – these are just some of the things readers remember about growing up in High Wycombe. ‘You know you grew up in Wycombe when you remember…’ – that is the question we put to members in our ‘We Grew Up in Wycombe’ Facebook group and the answers were not surprising. Anyone who grew up in the town will know these memories as being synonymous with High Wycombe. All the archive photos can be found at swop.org.uk. Stewart and Arnold chocolate factory Many readers wistfully remembered the scrumptious smell of chocolate from Stewart and Arnold’s (S&A). ....