Audios
Below are recordings of interviews with Hagley residents who have lived in the locality for a long time and recall their early lives in Hagley
Rosemary Miller, born in 1923, talks in 1999, about her childhood life in Hagley. She makes reference to the rectors, the shops and her neighbours in Top Hagley and how she created the Friends of St John’s and thus saved that church from closure
Rosemary Miller Part 1
Rosemary Miller Part 2
David Watts, born in Worcester Road Hagley in 1932 talks, in 1999, about the sights to be seen, including the shops, in West Hagley as he remembers them
Madeline Wood, born in Chapel Street in 1935, talks in detail about the shops in West Hagley during the 1940s/50s/60s. She worked in what was Strickley’s grocer’s shop at 5 Station Road from age 17
Mary Downing, born in 1937, tells us that her father owned and kept the Station Inn in Worcester Road from 1935-54 and also had other business interests
Fred Tate was born in 1926 and talks, in 1999, about the farms and farming in Hagley village before and during World War II and into the 1960s. He lived much of his life in in Top Hagley and talks about the people, businesses and buildings that were so familiar to him
Fred Tate part 1
Fred Tate part 2