Brook Street c1965, Great Bardfield
Brook Street c1965, Great Bardfield Ref: G93008
Memories of Brook Street c1965, Great Bardfield
My Walk From Mandalay Farm to Center of Great Bardfield
I was stationed at RAF Wethersfield from 1961 to 1964 and often on Sundays I would ride with the Gilbey's in their horse-drawn coaches down the lanes and through Great Bardfield. I also met Ted and Dorothy from Mandalay Farm and their children (Donna, her younger sister, and two brothers). We often would walk to Great Bardfield.
It was an exciting time in the life of a young airman.
Ot The War Years CHE
I arrived in Cornish Hall end at the age of four when my family was bombed out in London. My brother, mother and a lot of cousins grew up in Sharpes Cottage and attended school in CHE. My mother later taught there. We did not move from there untill 1954, then only went to Wethersfield I have many memeries and have revisited in 1986. I live in New Zealand having emigrated in 1955. I still keep in touch with Dave Blewitt and was speaking to him and his son Micheal a few days ago. They both live in New Zealand. I knew Harold well and played cricket and fished at Whitleys, tadpoles and newts I think. Joyce Blewitt was in charge of the family farm during the war and Joshua her father was dominant, he called a spade a spade, you always knew just where you stood with him. Joe Miles was the game keeper at Spains Hall and PC Samuals was the local Bobby, and there was Ganda... Read more
Great Bardfield & local memories
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Childhood Memories Great Bardfield 1969
My late parents were the landlord and landlady of the Vine public house. I was just coming into teenage years. Friends came from the base who lived in the village. The pub itself was refurbished in that year, meaning all 3 bars were revamped. Although the pub was being worked on, it was always busy, with the local USAF from Wethersfield using it. In the summer of 1969 we even had a July 4th celebration. Just up the road, was Maggie's Tea Rooms, and next door was Bardfields first antique shop, owned and run by wendy and colin. the year was of course 1969.
The main customers, of whom only one I can recall who used the vine, were characters like London George, a 'gentleman of the road', in the 'public bar', where the juke box was, and of course the dartboard, which drew in his friends and was where they met every evening.
The saloon bar is all remodernised as one sees it now 40... Read more
