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Memories of School at Gt Budworht & Pickmere
My first teacher was Mrs Dishman [infants]. Miss Cawley [juniors]. Mr Brown ? the Headmaster. I recall a Richard Cox whose mother was a sort of janitor cum secretery, also Joyce Dean who lived near the pond at Pickmere. I would somtimes ride with her [we had bikes as we got older]. I also lived in Pickmere at Holly Cottage Park Lane, the house at that time had a thatched roof, and a huge stone that could not be moved in the middle of the front room, I think it had at one time been a standing stone and the house had been built around it.
Next door we had Dones Farm. They had a lot of cows, a few very large cart horses, pigs, chickens and large barns where John, the farmer's son, and his little sister played with me and my brother Ted.
Memories of Cheshire
The Car in This Picture Belonged to The Photographer
I and my brothers grew up in the paper shop on the left of this picture and a car parked outside was a rarity. My memory tells me this one belonged to the photographer who took the picture.
Boat Road, Barnton - What Happened to The Houses?
Hello. I've just been looking at a picture of the canal and houses at Boat Road, Barnton. The photo was taken in the very early '50's and I was thinking what a lovely-looking 'canal village' it looked - something that would be a tourist attraction or a film-set location if the houses had been allowed to remain! It seems that all (or nearly all) of the houses were pulled down about 1953. Does anyone know why all this happened? Thanks, Paul Watkin ex- Grange Avenue, Barnton.
A Happy Place to Grow up
I spent most of my childhood at Marbury. My parents moved south from Scotland when I was 5yrs old around 1953. Like many others who lived at Marbury my Father worked at I.C.I. In fact I think at that time Marbury was owned by the company, and the housing [converted P.O.W huts] was "tied" to the job so to speak. Looking back it seems like there were many nationalities as well as people from every corner of the British Isles. We were among the very last to move away when the place was closed down in the late 1960's. The hall was still standing although it was in a very sorry state by then. I still wonder why the Hall was pulled down. It was such a beautiful old building with some outstanding craftsmanship both inside and out. What a wonderful place to grow up as a kid, woods and fields to run wild in. So many happy memories. I was quite surprised to see from the pictures that there... Read more
A Beautiful Place
I arrived in 1953 to live with my father and stepmother in Marbury. I have very mixed feelings of my life here. The countryside was beautiful, my love of nature and animal life has never left me. Bill's lawns (our name for the beautiful gardens outside the hall) was our playground and I new every rhododendron bush, yew tree and of course the three big beeches between the hall and the mere. The fountain in summer by the swimming pool was very picturesque.
I remember the annual sports day organised by ICI, I was so proud when I won a Davy Crocket hat and gun. Bobby Bennet, Pete Fontaine and Athelston Fuller are the only names I can remember from those days. If any of you read this I wish you well. I loved Marbury but my home life was full of cruel beatings and despair.
I served 27 years in the army and still hate my stepmother. I have been back to Marbury a few times since... Read more
My Happy Memories in Marbury
My dad was Ron Watkin and we lived at 44 West Park (Marbury Park was divided in to a 'West Park' and an 'East Park' - I seem to remember that West Park was regarded as the 'posher' of the two!) . . I remember lots of things, even though my family left for Barnton when I was only 4 and a half (I attended Winnington Park Primary School for just one day before we left!). It was an idyllic place for children: I remember the water tower where the 'bogey man' lived. And Mrs. Johnson's television, which I think was the only one in Marbury at that time! And Marbury Baths (the aroma of whatever they put into the water, probably chlorine, was great - seemed far more pleasant than chlorine though, a lot nicer than 'sea-air' in fact! And Cheryl Puddyfoot whose family left for London, but that's another story . .
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