The Village c1965, Cossington
The Village c1965, Cossington Ref: C470001
Memories of The Village c1965, Cossington
Barn Croft.
The house in the middle is where I lived from 1972. The address is 62 Main Street and the house was called Barn Croft. The house on the right was a farm and the house that the middle house was built on was part of the farmyard. When the farm closed, one of the daughters had this built c1930. She lived there until she died c1970. Her name was Olive Clarke and was one of three girls I believe. The house had a barn at the bottom of the garden, converted in 1990 after my father sold the property in 1985. I have some belongings of Olive's like an autograph book and a booklet on cruises dated 1909.
Bob Day's Shop
On the other side of the road from this photo (Barncroft) was a shop known as Bob Day's.
A tiny shop with a thatch roof and still standing but unused for many years.
As a young school boy I would buy penny sweets with pocket money from Bobs on a Saturday morning with other friends.
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