Markham Moor

A Memory of East Markham.

My great grandfather - John Stacey had the first petrol station on the A1 at Markham Moor. It was situated where the flags are on the photo. I have a photo of him stood outside the petrol station. He then sold the garage on to Mr Turner and started a threshing machine business. He bought land the other side of the buildings with flags in the photo and built a home. Before moving to Markham Moor, he spent all his life in East Markham and met his future wife - Annie Billyard there. Aged 16 she worked in the Crown Inn, in East Markham, he lived next door.