The Square House 1973
I was born in Swindon, and brought home to the Square House as my mum and dad and Nanna lived here. My dad (Tony Wright) was a woodman for Lord Bathurst. We lived here until about 1977, when we moved to Swindon. My dad has lots of stories about working in the woods, and there are lots of family photos of us in the garden at the Square House. The house was divided in two, and we lived next door to Colonel and Mrs Jackson, who had a Siamese cat called Tiggy.
The house looked different to this photo, we had a lovely garden with roses in it and a chicken run.
One particular night I remember was January 2nd 1976, when my sister was born. It was the time of the 1976 storms, and our power was cut off. My Nanna and I were sat at the kitchen table with candles and we were playing games to pass the time whilst my dad made his way to Swindon to visit my mum and his new baby daughter.
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RE: RE: The Square House 1973
I was a nursing sister in the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps. In 1965 - 67 I was at BMH Muntster in Germany and met Martin( Muff) Capper-Jackson who was then a Capt. in the 10th Hussars. He was the son of your neighbors colonel and Mrs Jackson. Just this morning I found a note from him written from The Square House. Aah memories ! Do have any idea what happened to the family as I would love to know what happened to Muff. Regards Margaret Gibbs nee Edwards
Comment from Margaret Gibbs on Sunday, 7th November 2010.