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Hixon, the Bank House Hotel c1955
Hixon, the Bank House Hotel c1955 Ref: H412011
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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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 Great Haywood, the Square 1956 (ref: G303007) |
Year: 1954
Summer Holidays A memory of Great Haywood, Staffordshire I was born in Brewery Yard, Great Haywood. After the war my mum moved to Notting Hill, London, so in the summer holidays my sister and I would stay at Nan & Grandads in the village. Mum {Eileen Bailey} played the piano in the Fox & Hounds, Stubbs's were the local butchers. I spent a few months at the local school, during the Notting Hill riots. We would come on our own by train, { it was safe in the 50s} then a bus to Shugborough Park, and would walk across the park lugging a rather large suitcase, which my dad had put handles on each end to make it easier for us. I remember going to the pictures in the memorial hall, and a dance now and then. A few of us would play down by the canal, and across the Wessex Bridge. Most of the Bailey family are in St Stephen's graveyard. I have very happy memories of Great Haywood, it was then a very pretty place. Last edited: 22/09/2008 09:01 by Christine Pitcher |
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 Great Haywood, the Square 1956 (ref: G303014) |
Year: 1956
A 1950s childhood memory A memory of Great Haywood, Staffordshire I have very fond memories of Great Haywood during the 50s as my sister and I went to stay with our grandmother during the school holidays. We lived near to the centre of Manchester and so to visit this village in the 50s was like entering another world. Grandma lived on the outskirts of the village in Tolldish Lane and she was quite a reclusive lady. Her husband had died in 1952 and because her cottage was not in the village as such, she kept herself to herself. The photo, I believe, is of the post office in the village which was kept by a Miss Yelland. My sister and I, and of course grandma, would walk down to the village probably a few times a week. We would buy ice cream and grandma would do her shopping. The walk would take us perhaps half an hour or so and we would pass certain landmarks on the way. The by-pass was not built then and so the journey would have been quieter. I think the first house we would come to would be the doctor's house on the left after walking from Tolldish Lane. There are so many new houses now but all we would pass would be cottages etc. The Fox and Hounds was also on the left and then there was the general shop. Lower down there was Trubshaws the butchers, the Catholic Church and then those cottages in one of the other photos that had steps up to the front doors with railings. We would jump onto the steps and swing on those railings. Of course it seemed to be sunny all the time when I think back. I'm sure it probably wasn't. My sister and I spent most of the 1950s school holidays at grandma's cottage. She and other members of her family are buried in St Stephen's churchyard. My parents were married there and I was baptised there also. I have never lived in the village but it holds a very special place in my heart. Thankyou Great Haywood. Last edited: 14/04/2008 12:47 by Anne Forster |
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