Childhood Byfield

A Memory of Byfield.

I have just discovered this thanks to my son-in-law who lives in Pennsylvania USA.
I lived in Byfield from 1952 to 1965. My father, Eric, was the landlord of the New Inn which later became the Cross Tree. He retired in 1965 and we moved to Leicester where I still live.
As with other contributors I can well remember the bakehouse - everyone taking their joints there on a Sunday morning to be roasted as the ovens were always on. Russels shop, Jack Boddingtons cycle shop - he used to recharge the accumulators - a type of battery which supplied the power to radios in peoples homes - no TV then.
That is just a very brief part of my memories It will be interesting to see if anyone remembers me.

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