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Year: 1958
Burton Joyce memories
My grandparents Bill and Ada Greenfield lived at 31 Bridle Road for many years - I remember that there was a farm across the road. They had over 1000 rose bushes at the front of the house and at the back there was a big lawn and a flower garden. my grandad had a greenhouse where he used to grow vegetables, his tomatoes were out of this world! We stayed with my grandparents quite often - as we had gone to live in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) in 1952 and came back to the Uk on 4 months leave every 3 or 4 years. Before we went to live in Zimbabwe Christmas Day was always a big affair at my grandparents home all my cousins, aunts and uncles would be there. When I was about 5 or 6 I watched my first TV programme ever- The Railway Children- at the house in Burton Joyce I cried my eyes out. My grannys' sister Grace (my great aunt and also my godmother) lived in Lambley Lane and we used to walk from my granny's house to visit her and stop and say hello to my uncle and aunt - Gordon and Kathleen Greenfield I don't remember the name of the road they lived in but it was very close by. I think Kathleen grew up in Burton Joyce I seem to remember her family lived very near my grandparents. I was a flower girl and my cousin Monica was a bridesmaid at Gordon and Kathleen's wedding which I'm sure must have been held in Burton Joyce - I was about 6 at the time. I remember on the one visit we made back to the Uk in 1960, we travelled on one of the Union Castle ships and the captain very kindly made up a day on the trip - so that the passengers could watch Princess Margarets wedding - we drove from Southhampton to Burton Joyce as quickly as we could after docking so that we could watch the wedding on TV. My parents Garth and Nora Greenfield and my young brother William also lived in the same house in Bridle Road in the early seventies - the house must have changed owners a couple of times as my grand parents sold the house and bought a smaller house nearer the village. Last edited: 24/05/2008 12:20 by Marge Saunders |
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