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Hixon, the Post Office c1952 (ref: H412005)
 Year: 1955 The photograph is of my mother.
I'm a little young to remember the post office as it is in the photograph, but I can say that the girl in the pushchair is my mother and the lady behind is one of my great aunts. Three of my great aunts built and ran the store and post office at the bottom of the village, i don't know exactly when it was built though. I believe the photograph to be earlier than 1955 as my mother was born in 1949 and she looks younger than 6.

Posted: 07/11/2007 19:50 by Danielle Lainton  

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  Year: 1943 Wartime
Very sketchy memories - maybe someone will fill the blanks. My father was RAF at the Wellington bomber base. I lived for a short period in a single row of cottages, near the base and a railway line. I had to cross the line over a small bridge to go to a school just the other side. My parents were show-biz people and used to entertain workers at a nearby factory. I was also part of the first Scout troupe formed - 1st Colwich comes to mind - I think by a lady in a big house in Great Haywood. That's all..

Last edited: 18/07/2007 10:24 by Benny Davis  

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  Year: 1941 In the name of adversity.
My family lived adjacent to the fields which were designated for the Hixon Aerodrome.  I remember well standing against the garden fence seeing the location being prepared for the runways, and watching the workmen erecting the hangars.  My mum would make the workmen billy-cans of tea.  My age was 7 years.  It became necessary for our house to come under the hammer due to the hazardous location.  My family and I were moved into a requisitioned house in the village of Gayton, approx 4/5 miles away.  I have many memories of my formative years in the village of Hixon, maybe I will share more with you another time.

Sylvia M.W. Davis Pugh (nee Smith)
Ontario, Canada.

Last edited: 31/08/2006 01:53 by Sylvia Pugh  

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