Modern Box After 1945

​I wouldn't disagree with people who say that the story of Box since World War II is just contemporary details, not history at all. But this view forgets that it is a period of three-quarters of a century - a timespan equivalent to the period from World War II back to 1868 when there were wooden battleships, the last public hanging and before domestic electric lighting.

The problem in modern history is reporting everybody's memories accurately. Please tell us if you identify an omission or want to add more information. We want the record of Modern Box to be as accurate as possible.

Post World War II, when the Parade and the Market Place were full of shops (courtesy Gordon Hall via John Current)

List of Articles, Author and Issue

​Peace at Last, Alan Payne, 39
Elizabethan Age, Alan Payne, 39
Notable Residents, Alan Payne, 39
Modern Timeline, Alan Payne, 39

​Earning Money, Alan Payne, 40
Life at Comrades Club, John Currant, 40
Selwyn Hall, Alan Payne, 40
Notable Visitors, Alan Payne, 40
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List of Articles, Author and Issue​

Box Library, Alan Payne, 41
Modern Incomers, Alan Payne, 41 
​Theatre Productions, Alan Payne, 41
​Social Housing, Alan Payne, 41

Modern Clubs, Alan Payne, 42 
​​Millennium, Alan Payne, 42
​Schools in Box, Alan Payne, 42
Cars and Trains, Alan Payne, 42 
Conclusion, Alan Payne, 42
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People in 1940s, Geoff Bence,  5
​People in 1950s, Les Dancey,  6
Never Had it So Good, Clive Banks,  11
1950s Box, June Smith (nee Shannon), 19
​Summer 1959,  Clive Banks,  10
Box Revels , Alan Payne, 13
King Charles III, Alan Payne 38
​​Autographs in 1950s, John Currant, 39
Memories of 1970s   Darren Giddings, 46

​​Woodchucks, 21,  David Gover​​
​Teenage Rebels,  Kevin Ford,  2
Guides 1978-2008,  Various,  13
​Places in 1950s,  Ken Boulton,  26
​Coach Trips in 1950s​,  Bill Cooper,  26
Swinging Sixties, David Ibberson,  3
The Gonks, Marcus Gray,  34
Neighbourhood Plan 2023, Jonathan Parkhouse, 39
Very Long Day  Clive Banks, 47
Canoeing and Caving  Richard Pinker, 47