The 1940s.
Hi all. My name is John Potter. I have found out the last address of my Gran and Grandad Hollands, at 78 High Street, Halling. I remember going across a bridge past the graves in a wood on the right to the allotments to help my grandfather, I remember the Michells and the policeman's son, we played together. I also remember going down to the air raid shelter at the bottom of the garden at nights, also remember a lot more. If anybody remembers me or my gran and grandad please get in touch and we can talk. I lived in Halling in the early 1940s. Now I also remember the Fun Fair that was on the green at the back of the policeman's, myself and the Mitchell twins got banished from it one year 'by our local policeman', I cannot remember what we did, but we had to watch everybody else enjoying themselves inside the area.
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I remember we were caught scrumping apples at the railway sidings, the policeman's son and the youngest twin were caught and the oldest twin and I got away. But on Sunday morning on the way to church the local bobby called us over and put us across his lap and walloped our behinds. We had to stand at the back of the church, we were too sore to sit down. That's what wrong with the kids today, most of them need a good wallop...Oh, and our dads both gave us another wallop...
Comment from John Potter on Tuesday, 1st March 2011.