Cheriton, Caesar's Camp 1908
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Memories of Cheriton, Caesar's Camp 1908

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Hi Su, I also have happy memories of playing on the hills behind Cheriton when visiting my grandparents. Much more fun than going to the beach. We (my sisters, brother and myself) would cut through the allotments and raid a couple of carrot beds on our way to supplement our picnic of sandwiches and National Health orange squash (lovely). We would spend a whole day playing in the hills, and my parents were happy ...see more
My sister and I would visit my grandparents in Cheriton and straight away off we would go up the hills, the trick, when the wind was blowing, was to see how far you could "lay on the wind". Later we would find many rabbits who had myxamytosis, very sad. Those were the days when children could run free in the hills without worry. There was a place behind the hills where the original channel tunnel was started I ...see more