Tree
Hello,
When I was a small girl I used to be taken to Monks Kirby by my grand parents, I think an ancester lived there way back in time.
My grandmother always insisted that I kissed a tree, I think it was outside the Bell Inn ., was this just one of grandma's "odd things to do" or does anyone know of a tradition, about kissing trees? its always intrigued me.
Regards, Ann
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RE: RE: Tree
Hi Ann,
I have lived in Monks Kirby most of my life and used to go collecting stickle backs in Smite Brook running beside the Bell Inn when it was owned by Boris Sutton who sold it to the current owner, Paco Garcia, who runs a Spanish restaurant. Unfortunately someone cleaned up the brook of the stones we left for the fish and I think computer games have taken over from an outdoor childhood nowadays!
I think your tree may have gone now but I will take some more pictures and post them with other pictures of Monks Kirby at http://gallery.me.com/alexchambers1#100100 where you can add some of your own if you like.
There is one old picture called Monks Kirby Dick Puddle Lane as Bell Lane used to be called. Do you remember the post office in Bell Lane?
Who was your grandma?
Regards, Alex Chambers The Old School House, 1 Brockhurst Lane, Monks Kirby CV23 0RA
Comment from Alex Chambers on Tuesday, 15th September 2009.