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Doe Lea in WW2
I arrived in Doe Lea in June 1940 with other evacuees from Lowestoft, Suffolk. I lived in Doe Lea untill 1944. At first we were not accepted by the local children, eventually we mingled and became friends, since the war have been back many times and visited various friends.
Sadly the village was razed to the ground and most of the villagers moved elsewhere. I strolled around this summer what is now called The Brambles but nothing is the same as it was and I think every thing is spoilt.
My war-time education was at Stainsby School which stood me in good stead all my working life.
I chuckle at times when I think what us kids got up to in the wartime black out.
I think that all us ex-evacuees left a bit of ourselves in Doe Lea when we left and came back to Lowestoft.
Incidents Remembered
Doe Lea was near to Hardwick which during the Second World War was an Airborne training camp, we could go into Hardwick and watch troops jump out of a balloon, they had to jump from a balloon a few times before jumping from a plane, I remember a lad had picked up some shrapnel which he had put into his pocket which burned a hole in his jacket. The incident I remember very clearly was when one evening a group of us children were playing on the top row of Doe Lea, it was during the evening, two lads came running towards us saying they had found a hand grenade, one of the lads had it in his hand. As he showed us, one of the lads grabbed the grenade and pulled the pin, it started smoking so it was dropped and we all scarpered, it exploded but no one was hurt, a piece of shrapnel went through a window of a house and smashed a picture on the wall. Another incident... Read more
Doe Lea
I remember playing in the streets when there was back to back houses before they knocked them down. I moved just before then, as far as I know I've still got relatives in Glapwell. I am related to the Blueits Blewits who lived there .
Good Old And COLD Glappy
I was born in 1946 and moved to Glappy when I was 3. Does anyone else remember the snow, the ice on the inside of the bathroom window, and who can name the three most popular sledging tracks down the rough meadows?
My Birth Place Scarcliffe
April 3 1946 is the date of my birth, born at 2 Nightingale Terrace, Scarcliffe. My parents being Rose and Albert Nicholls, I was baptised at St Leonards and went to Scarcliffe school and then went on to Moorfield secondary at eleven. I still remember all my friends and would love to hear from any school friends or relatives. I moved away from Scarciffe and spent time in Bristol and Birminham where I worked as an area auxillary nurse, in 1977 I emigrated to British Columbia in Canada. I vividly remember the King passing away, I was in school at that time and Mrs Groves the headteacher (also named Fanny by the kids) came rushing into the class room and blurted out the sad news. A television was brought into the school for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth the second, all the houses were trimed in red white and blue and we were given souvenier mugs. Mrs Cope (hope that is right name) was our school cook and what wonderful meals she turned... Read more
Grannys House
my grandparents lived at 77 Old Hill, third house just behind tree, Mr and Mrs Thomas. I lived there till they built the Wimpy estate on fields behind my mum and dad, then got a council house. I loved living on the old hill, the family next door I am still friends with. That big tree in front of the houses used to have a tree swing, all the kids used to have a swing on it. A lot of children lived in the other houses you can see and nearly all still live in Bolsover.
School Days in Bolsover
Friday market coming home from welbeck road school through the market down castle lane to carr vale with a 1d hovis loaf in my hand
