The Village c1950, Gristhorpe
The Village c1950, Gristhorpe Ref: G120002
Memories of The Village c1950, Gristhorpe
The Cottages
The cottage nearest to the telegraph pole was my grandmother's. My uncles Ted and Bob lived there with her until they moved to Woodbine Farm, Langtoft. After they left, gran moved in with my family at the other end of the village, Meadow View, and Uncle Cliff and his family moved in until they in turn moved to the farm at the bottom of the village. We think that the cottage at the forefront of the photo belonged to Geoff Bowes and family, or Willy Olden who mended bikes. Ted Dobson also lived in the cottages and most definitely the little brown one next to my gran's belonged to a lady called Tilly Biggins and nobody passed her house without being questioned as to where and what were you doing there.
Gristhorpe & local memories
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Evacuees George And Jennie Barker
My brother and I were evacuees for 2 years. We stayed with a wonderful family, Mr and Mrs Braithwait and their daughter Eileen. My brother George went back many times as he loved it there, as he had got very on with a 5-year-old boy and they were always together. My brother tragicallydied in 1954. I went back to Gristhorp about 12 years ago to see this little boy (his name was Bobby, I have forgotten his surname). We had a wonderful time chatting about the past, I don't know why it took me so long to go back there. BUT four months after seeing him I had a phone call to say he had died. I often think, did my brother send me there to say goodby for him?
