In The Name of Adversity.
My family lived adjacent to the fields which were designated for the Hixon Aerodrome. I remember well standing against the garden fence seeing the location being prepared for the runways, and watching the workmen erecting the hangars. My mum would make the workmen billy-cans of tea. My age was 7 years. It became necessary for our house to come under the hammer due to the hazardous location. My family and I were moved into a requisitioned house in the village of Gayton, approx 4/5 miles away. I have many memories of my formative years in the village of Hixon, maybe I will share more with you another time.
Sylvia M.W. Davis Pugh (nee Smith)
Ontario, Canada.
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My father Clifford Robin Coles was raised by his grandparents who ran the the Bank House pub in Hixon. He will be 70 years old on 15 September 2006 and he often reminisces about the pilots calling into the pub before and after having gone out on missions. We are also trying to trace someone called Alex Cootes who was evacuated to the village from Dover.
Comment from Alan Coles on Monday, 21st August 2006.