Good Times
I went to live in Winteringham Way in Purley when I was 4 years old until I was 8 years old, and twice a twice every year we were flooded out. I remember having to stay elsewhere like the Memorial Hall, and it was very exciting staying at The Priors big house, eating my breakfast at a big long table, with my mum and older brother, we also had to move sometimes, into another house, in Brading Way. The area still looks very much the same. I still think about the times, that we went pea picking, my older sisters would come down from London to earn extra money, I loved it, they were good times, the farmer was MrBucknell.
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I lived in Purley with my family from 1943 to Dcember 1950 and we were flooded out in 1947 along with most people on the site. Our home was a railway carriage in St Mary's Avenue. My father used our rowing boat to rescue lots of people whilst we, my mother and sister went to stay in the school overnight. Dad remained at home sleeping on the dining room table with our dog.
He built a raft in the chicken house on which he placed our chickens and we never lost any of our live stock.
In the meantime we lived at Kennel Gates on the main road for six weeks. I was just four years old at the time.
I remember the fetes which were held in the field opposite our railway carriage in St Mary's and the big marquee they put up. As children we had so much fun running free in the field, the stream beyond and also watching the trains go by. The field always had lots of cows in it and they would take over the camps we built of leaves and wood when we went home at night.
I have been back a few times and the last visit was last week. Only the river walk is the same and the church, but it has been sixty years.
Comment from Sheila Davenport on Sunday, 20th June 2010.