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17 Years at West Tilbury
My husband and I moved to a bungalow on the Muckingford Road, West Tilbury in 1972. It was bought from Mrs. Jones (wid). We kept various animals, ducks, geese, chickens, horses and pigeons. We lived there for 17 years when we sold so that we could start our own business.
Alma Bacon
Secret Spot
Lived on Bata Estate 1954-1964, near railway crossing. Through crossing on left was sad row of shops, we knew as Mucking. Turning right down farm track (forbidden!) I could creep through undergrowth to an almost deserted settlement, very overgrown, with a wonderful pond and small church. Never saw a soul. Magical spot. This was Mucking village proper. Excavations had not begun in earnest, though Saxon (and Roman) stuff had been found. Old gravel quarries were great places for great crested newts and biking. We invented downhill racing! Exciting, and often impossible, on steep grave slopes. Safe enough though, as there was water at the bottom. Only danger was my mum when I returned wet and muddy. Again! Went back about 20 years ago to show my family my secret spot. It was just the same, with the spooky atmosphere, and sense of going back in time. Learnt then that the gravel extraction would wipe out the important Saxon settlements near the Stanford-le-Hope road. Appalled.
Early Memories
I lived just outside the village in a small army camp as my father was in the army. My most vivid memory is standing in the lunch line at the junior school and hearing that King George VI had died. The whisper started at the front of the line and spread down to me almost the last. I also remember gleaning for potatoes . I went to Sunday school in the church and visited the library nearly every day. I was only there for a few months as my father was transferred during the time the school was an evacuation centre when the Thames flooded. As the school was closed I never said goodbye to my friends
The Anchor Pub
I can remember taking the Lemonade bottles back to the little off licence part and getting the money back. I was probably about 9.
Embarrassing Memory
I remember walking through the square one day getting mum some shopping and I had a kilt on (God knows why) and it fell down to my feet! I have never pulled my skirt up so fast! I just hope everyone who saw it has a bad memory like me now ...
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