Was Born In Spencers Wood 1936 And Lived There All My Life Until I Got Married In 1959

A Memory of Spencers Wood.

I have many memories of living in Spencers Wood. I lived on the main road, house name Tidewell. My grandfather used to live in Ivanhoe further down the road in Spencers Wood and moved to Tidewell, as it was a larger house, years ago when my mother was small.

My mother died when I was a baby so my dad moved in with my grandmother and grandfather and my mother's two sisters. One of my mother's sisters ran a infant school from the house and in the wartime was crowded out with children as there were a lot of evacuees in the village, two of whom were living with us. The school was called Little Sunbeams Infant school. My mother's other sister used to teach music around the village and I can remember her going out on her bicycle, riding to her pupils, some of them would come to the house.

I used to go to the Sunday School in St Michaels Hall and also sing in the choir in the church. My aunt who taught music was also one of the organists at the church.

I have lovely memories of going out on my bike riding around the lovely little roads which in those days was lovely country. Sadly now it is being built on so much.

I used to own a black spaniel and would take the dog for long walks across the common (we used to call it the common in those days) and into the woods. I knew the woods inside out and would take the dog out for hours.

My maiden name was Mary June Quelch.