The Forties
My Dad was a gardener at Iden Old Manor which was owned by the Walmsley family. I went to school in the village, the only names I can remember are Victor Springate and the Murray family. My first bicycle was purchased from the shop near the school.Ialso remember the day the doodlebug fell in the village, great excitement for the kids ,not so for their parents. The Americans were at the airfield near the village and we kids were always on the cadge for sweets and gum. Just in case anyone remembers me my maiden name was Ann Carey.
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Ann Carey's bicycle was purchased from the Bournes. They had a small workshop with a pit and sold petrol via a very slow hand pump. My father was chauffeur at Loddenden where my mother had been the French-trained cook. When the flying bomb fell I had a scholarship to Cranbrook School. We cyled the total of 10 miles, six days a week. I was blown off my bicycle, also bought from Bournes, by another flying bomb. I was trying to get a cut in Knox Hill after the engine cut out, giving me seconds to reach the protection.
Comment from Doug Allen on Tuesday, 11th October 2011.