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 Cholsey, Wallingford Road c1960 (ref: C289001) |
Year: 1946
My Childhood in Cholsey
I was born in Cholsey in 1946 and spent probabably the best childhood I could have in a wonderful country village. I attended the village school, I was in the Church Choir and also the Brownies. A wonderful Vicar came to the village in approx 1956 (can't remember the exact year) Mr Bontoft he was called and I became very friendly with his daughter Lisa together with my next door neighbour, Beryl Hobbs, we had so much fun. My mother (Bessie Smith) also took in an evacuee during the war, he was called Brian Barham. He loved the village so much he demanded he had his first year at the village school and he also came back to visit us every year for his school summer holidays and when he grew up and married he still returned to Cholsey with his wife and family. Unfortunately in 1968 I married a young man from London and moved away from the village and would say it was one of the worst decisions I made during my young life. I now live in Manchester but still come back to visit as often as I can, my present husband would like to come and live in the village, but as I said, he would not enjoy it as I did. Although still a lovely place to be, it holds too many memories for me of my childhood. Most of my family who lived in the village are no longer with us although there are several cousins of mine still alive in the area and one lives not far from me in Manchester (Dennis Calcutt) and one or two friends with whom I still keep in touch. My memories of Cholsey are still very real and I am thankful I was given the opportunity of living in such a lovely part of the country. Last edited: 05/05/2008 16:47 by Linda Clarke |
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Cholsey, Wallingford Road c1960 (ref: C289001) |
Dad evacuated to Cholsey WW2
I recently found your site and was excited to show it to Dad. He was evacuated out of central London during WW2. He was sent to live with the Bumpass Family from Cholsey. Andrew and Mary were their names and they had two children Eileen and Dennis. Dad told us lots of happy memories that he had of his time in Cholsey. He remembers the old school and Bunkers hill, tha old pavillion in the centre of the village where tramps slept. He went to Sunday School and speaks very fondly of a Mrs Kelson who ran the mission . He never returned to visit the Bumpass family, because even though he was happy with them he had memories of a much harder time with a lady who first took him in,who lived in the same area. I have shown the photos to Dad to jog his memory and he says it would be lovely to see his old school again .He tells me there was a brook that ran nearby with a small bridge. Sadley i've not been able to find a photo of either the school or brook. Thankyou for sharing my Dad's memories of Cholsey in the late 1930s and early 40s. Posted: 23/11/2007 07:25 by Donna Mckenzie |
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