Fun for all the new families in ‘Tin Town’

Some of the people shown in these pictures would probably have been amongst those families who moved to the Marsh in the early 1020s to live in the social housing built in Orchard St.

This area became known as “Tin Town”, being among the earliest form of social housing built in this country, see the main Nostalgia story.

This housing provided decent living accommodation for families after the first world war, the promised “Homes for Heroes”, replacing some of the pre-war slums.

Here we see members of the Youth Club organised by St Anne’s Church in Wycombe Marsh, March 1956:

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A Coronation street party is in full swing in Bank St, June 1953:

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This is a children’s V.E. Party organised by the Disraeli Arms, 1945:

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Children enjoy a Christmas party, exact location in Wycombe Marsh unknown, January 1954:

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This is a homecoming dinner in the Methodist Church for those who served in WW2 from Wycombe Marsh, 1946:

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