Chaddleworth memories
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Childhood
After leaving Wield, Hampshire, my mother was the headmistress of St. Andrew's primary school. She raised 4 children alone. My brother Peter G.W. Keen is a highly respected businessman (look him up on the internet). He went to school at Reading and Balliol college Oxford. My elder sister is also a well respected eductator. My twin sister and I both reside in Texas. All my growing years my address was "school house". Always had a house with the job. The house was usually next to the school. Whenever we needed something extra for the kitchen she would send one of us, my 2 sisters lived there too, to the school kitchen to get it. The house had a shed for coal and it was attached to the house. The roof was outside my bedroom window. When the sun shone we could crawl out the window and lay a blanket and catch some sun. When the new... Read more
Memories of Berkshire
All Good Things Started at Boxford
I have very early memories of Boxford Primary School. The school teachers were Mr and Mrs Alderman, Mr taught the older children and Mrs the young infants. I attended both, I started in the infants and sat next to a Jennifer Fox, then moved on to the juniors, We had good times playing in the play ground. People who I remember are: Gerald and Andrew Schmidt (sadly Gerald was murdered, God bless him, he was a great guy), Raymond Childs, Chris, Treavor and Richard Cannings, Kevin, Chris, Russell, Ashley and Anita Knape, Kevin Tarbox, Fatty Sharp, Robert Kemp, Tim, Anne Blunt, and lots more.
I remember doing country dancing, in a strange way I really enjoyed it.
I also remember leaving school in the afternoon and running like mad down to Mr and Mrs Stancliff's who owned the mill, they used to leave a message to say if we could use their swimming pool, it was fantastic fun in those days. Mrs Stancliff would bring out orange squash for us... Read more
My Dad The Police Officer
I was born in the 1980s and my father was Alan Prior. He used to work with Jim(or James ) Heath. We lived in the 'police' house with my mother Dawn. I remember being snowed in at one point and a lovely lady in the village let a whole coach full of us (we were supposed to go to school) invade her house and gave us cups of tea. I also remember my mum used to be a horse judge, I think, and we used to go to the stables a lot, and my mother ran the village shop at one point. My dad also was very close to the late 'Mr Chips' who also lived in the village, I cannot remember his real name, and we used to visit him a lot too and I used to play in his huge sheds with my brother. If anyone has any information on any of the names mentioned please contact me on
t-sister@hotmail.co.uk as I would love to find out... Read more
Looking For Lambourne Relatives ...
Having just visited the Lambourne parish town in June, 2009, we were anxious to connect with any persons with Lambourn surname. Not having found any, we would appreciate any advice for finding the histories of such who lived in or around the region (Berkshire on south to the coast). Our specific line of the clan left from Chievely around 1856 or so to London, then on to St Louis in the USA. They converted to the Mormon religion then settled at Salt Lake City. Son Alfred Edward Lambourne, born in Chievely, learned art in London, became a very accomplished landscape artist in western US. Look him up on internet. We have much more information if any one is interested...
Please contact me regarding any books, magazine articles or persons to contact for finding more of the story from the English side of the 'pond'. Alfred's father William was born in Lambourn, we are told.
Thanks for any assistance.
Jim L (lambj1129@yahoo.com)
My Grandfather Wanted to be A Jockey
Robert Benson, also known as Toby, left his Manchester home in June 1901 and came to Lambourn to be a jockey. He was apprenticed to Captain Ossie Bell at York House, but was sacked for giving racing tips to punters. He had some involvement with the training of the 1928 Derby winner, Felstead, so must have been back with Captain Bell at that time. He never did become a jockey.
In 1911 he lived at Crowle Cottage, which I am hoping still exists, as we are coming to Lambourn this year to have a look round.
He and his first wife Elizabeth Kate Dudley, had 13 children, of whom my mother was number 12.
Allen Family at Stockcross
What did they put in the water at Stockcross?
I am just wondering as my great-grandad George Allen was born at Stockcross in 1831. He was a gardener but astonishingly he married three times and even more amazing he celebrated his golden wedding with his third wife.
The family story is that he didn't like children yet he fathered an awful lot! This has been told to me by my aunt Doris Lacey who remembers her own childhood in the First World War and being rather frightened of George. He must have been tough to have worked as a gardener, became a widower twice, married three times, fathered three families and lived to the grand age of 94 !!
I visited Stockcross in the 1980's and wondered as I walked in the churchyard whether great-grandad had tended the gardens there. I picked a sprig from an ancient yew tree there and took it back with me to give to my aunt - being... Read more
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