Village Street St Mary Bourne

Village Street c1955
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I have good memories of the white thatched house in the picture.  I was evacuated with my Mother during the latter part of the War to this house which at the front was the local sweetshop and it was run by Tilly Annals and her husband Fred. The house which is partly shown was owned by Tilly Annals' two sisters and four brothers who kept cows in the sheds behind the farmhouse.   I did go to the village school for a few months when my Mother decided that we had to go back to London.  Many years later my husband and I visited the Annals and stayed at the white thatched house.   I have many happy memories of Fred and Tilly Annals and my wartime stay.