Bob Hinton talks about old Aylesbury 

I knew Bob well. I used to be a taxi driver in Aylesbury and right up to his death in 2005 I used to take him fish and chips every Friday lunchtime and sit with him for an hour in his kitchen in Highbridge Road and as he ate only small portions I was always offered and ate (!) half of it. Bob was a truly wonderful man with a marvellous memory particularly of his days at Rivets where he worked between 1919 until 1972. For 50 years until his death he lived in a bungalow that he had built in Highbridge Road. I never tired of hearing that rich accent of Bob and this video is to be treasured. How anybody can give this a thumbs down is completely beyond me,

I actually Googled ‘Aylesbury accent’ to get here. I’m in Australia. My grandfather Eric Hicks was born in Aylesbury in 1904. He married my Nana Muriel Ellen and they came to Australia in 1948. My dad Martin turned 6 on the boat over.

A beautifully put together interview with picture guide . Mr Hinton clearly enjoyed the interaction, his enthusiasm and pride for his home town’s history, brought to light along the way ...thank you for sharing.

I heard that accent only last year. Still in use by the older farming community. Wonderful ❤

Karl, thank you so much for this video. I was born in Aylesbury in 1960 and can relate to many of the photos and recognise areas of Aylesbury that have changed. I moved to Weston Turville about 30 years ago and met my new neighbour George. He was a Bucks boy and his tone of voice and dialect was so similar to Bobs.

My dad would have loved to have seen this. He was born in Upper Hundreds in 1910, and lived his whole life in Aylesbury. His accent was very similar to Mr. Hintons. He used to get great enjoyment looking through several of the many books that have been published about Aylesbury through the years. My mum met dad when they were working at International Alloys in the Bicester road during the war. Mum worked in the dispensary at the Royal Bucks Hospital for thirty five years.

This was so interesting and lovely to hear that old Aylesbury’s accent which has changed so much over the years.

Loving how subtitles are needed...... Our accent almost gorn fa good.

Wonderful, thanks for the memories. I remember my Dad taking me to see the damage where the land mine landed by Walton pond. I was about 3 years old and was more interested in swinging on the railings round the pond. Miss Baldwins shop near Queens Park where we bought liquorice wood to chew when sweets were rationed. A wonderful film, my late hubby knew Bob Hinton and would have enjoyed this film too.

Ken Grimsure still has a true Aylesbury accent! Great video

That is such a beautiful film. What a fabulous gentleman he was. Thank you

My nan and grandad had the same Bucks accent as this man.

Well....that was an absolute delight..a real treasure.Thanks for compiling this and putiing it up

At 1:25 building with the white door frame on the right used to be a Dr. Barnardo's home.

Thank you for posting this. Really enjoyed it...

Thanks a great video. My Dad was born in Highbridge Walk in 1920.

When I worked at “Rivets” I remember seeing a plan of the Spitfire in Bob’s department.Bob and Bill Butcher did the rivet testing.

I had been told a bomb had dropped near the pond. But never knew it was true until today. Great video thankyou

That's a Proper Bucks Accent Karl my Father and his Brother spoke fluent Bucks, The reading Rooms he talked about the same as the Victoria club formerly a Boxing Club I thing were donated by Covent by the Rothchilds the Victoria club to the working Men Born In Aylesbury and I think the reading Rooms were very popular with the Freemasons of Aylesbury who no Doubt Hazell, Watson, and Viney were all members, Bob would have known my Father Who was promoted to an NCO with the Rank of Regimental Sergeant Major in the Oxford and Bucks light infantry after coming back from the war in mainland Europe The old Man like Bob was also a crack shot and I'm pretty sure that Rivetts had their own small arms firing range,my father ran the TA for some years after the War,Cyril Reading was the landlord of the Hen and Chickens another very brave aylesburian that served with my father overseas and i think they both got caught up in the Garage in Hozenbrook France together along with Ken Martin who was a Clicker (foreman) in the Bindery repairshop at Hazells,Kens Family ran Red Rover Buses, wow that bought back some memories of a very happy child hood in Aylesbury Karl and my Grand Mother, Dads side spoke exactly the same.

At 9:56 the name Plested. There was an ice cream chap called Plested who ran around in a motorcycle and side-car, stopping to sell ice cream cones in the 50's

nice old time pics ... my great grandad too .. i grew up in mount st and the bakers shop at that time was run by matozza the old italian .. still is i think .

Does anybody know when Bob hinton died as he would be about 115 now if alive today

I lived in Stoke Mandeville village I can remember mum saying under the table boy there is a dodobug going over poit we come as it passed over us and we heard bang as it went off it was about 4pm dad told us it took the building down were live house office now my dad was in Air force so they went up there so some of bob talk is made up

I was born in no 1 coronation villas. My grand parents were mr and mrs sletcher.