Well, It's A Start
Disappointed by a lack of reminiscenses here I, only this evening, asked a man (who turns out to have lived in the white house in the top left of the picture since 1917) if he had any memories. I'm afraid all he came up with was the aggrieved memory that the timber merchant (situated where Jackson & Gocher is now) used to let his horse 'drop his guts' right outside his front door 'every (expletive deleted) day'.
It's a start anyway and I'll try again next time I bump into him!
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RE: RE: Well, It's A Start
Hello Andrew,
Can you tell me the name of the man who lived in the white house you mentioned (Jackson's the bakers, by the level crossing). For many years it was a baker and grocer, run by George Caesar in 1861, later taken over by George Hounsom in the same line of business, as was Jackson's when I was a boy (1950). Pigs were kept in the back yard at one time, (also a pork butcher) later turning it into tennis courts at 1/6d per hour !
Thanks,
Clive
Comment from Clive Downes on Monday, 22nd March 2010.