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Us Air Force Family Living in Knodishall 1968-1971
We lived in Knodishall from 1968 to 1971. My dad was stationed at Bentwaters and we lived at 123 Judith Avenue in Knodishall. We lived next door to Brian and Connie Moore, and they had a daughter named Sarah Jane. I loved it there! There was me, my sister Jacqueline and my brother Jackie. We swam at the beach we got to get out of school to see the Queen when she landed at Bentwaters one day! We shopped in Ipswich, went to London all the time too!I I wonder if the Moores are still living or if anyone remembers us living at Judith Avenue. I also loved going down to the pub and buying fish and chips! My dad is retired from the Air Force now, he'll be 80 years old in December. I live in Dothan in Alabama in the USA and have 4 grandchildren. My email is: cjohorsley@gmail.com
Suffolk memories
Memories of Leiston
My name is Halina West. I lived with my parents Gordon and Zosia (my mother was Polish) and my brother Antony in St Andrew's Close from about September 1961 to about March 1963. I went to the local primary school for about 6 months when I was 5 until we moved away. I used to walk there, so it must have been quite close to our house.
I have very vague memories of Leiston. I do remember the house which had only just been built when we moved in. Our family was friendly with the Davis (or Davies) family who lived just up the road from us. My brother Tony was very friendly with the son Peter and sadly they lost touch after we moved away. I know that my brother would love to get in touch with Peter and I would be really grateful if anyone knows him or could help me find out where he might be living now.
My Grandads Forge
My Granddad William Anderson bought the forge when he moved to Leiston from Surrey after the war with my Nan and three children, my mother Yvonne, aunty Ivy and uncle Billy, where he shod horses in and around Leiston, then he turned his hand to iron work, which enabled him to carry on working until sadly nan died around 1960 when I was about 10, about a year or so later, sadly my granddad passed away also. My uncle Billy sold the forge to Peggs of Aldeburgh who were iron mongers. My granddad made the sign himself which is still standing outside the shop to this day which is now a letting agent.
PC David Deal
My husband's great-grandfather David Deal was one of the police constables for Leiston and is mentioned in the 1901 Census aged 39 living with his wife Marianna and two of their three children at Valley Road, Leiston. My husband remembers being shown the house in Valley Road by his father Harold Deal, himself a policeman. His grandfather William was indentured by David as an apprentice engine turner at Garretts in Leiston. I would love to hear from anyone who might know of the Deal family.
Fathers Birth
My father, Alexis Alfred Hare, was born at 88 Sizewell Road Leiston in 1916. He lived there with his parents Marmaduke and Kathleen and his brother Alec. He was an apprentice printer for the local newspaper. I would love to hear from anyone who remembers them. Thank you.
Sizewell Holiday.
As a kid I spent a couple of August weeks in Sizewell, staying in a timber-built bungalow just before the rise leading up to what is now the Power Station. The little bungalow was set back off the (dirt) road, and had no running water - we went to a pump for water - and no electricm and my mum cooked on a paraffin stove. The bungalow was owned by my uncle, Ted Titlow, who had a newsagent's and hardware business in nearby Leiston. I believe this business is still in the family. Between bungalow and beach a pair of brothers, Fryer, kept a number of old motor cars which were just rotting away in the elements. These motors were generally vintage 1920 and, bless the Friars, they never minded us kids climbing over them and having a whale of a time. The sun always shone, and we often ate shrimps caught locally by Sid Booty who boiled them in his hut on the beach - we bought them by... Read more
Camping on The Benthills
I too, as others, have many fond memories of holidays in Sizewell. During summer school holidays I travelled from Scotland to London to be with my grandparents. They were well connected with Sizewell and would take me there for their annual holiday camping at the foot of the Benthills just below where the power station is now. The Gunthers House surrounded by a wall did not stop me from sampling the wonderful apples from their tree. I remember my grandmother taking me for a walk through the pine trees where the power station is now, and showing me the ruins of a cottage where she lived during the war when my grandad was away serving in the Royal Navy submarines. It is very true about the blackberries big as gobstoppers, I collected metal buckets full of them for selling to a local farm for pocket money. Uncle Jack Fryer, the local fisherman and his brother Tom, and their mother Mabel have all passed on now but they are still fresh... Read more
