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Suffolk memories
Badmondisfield Hall
My brother owned the Hall for a number of years, my parents also lived there.
I can clearly see Johnny the gardener, he lived in the little summer house in the rose garden, just right for him as he was a dwarf.
I remember the lovely parties we had in the big hall with a blazing fire, a gigantic long table in the middle of the hall, where we had some wonderful feasts.
At bedtime I would always take my dog Pip up the stairs with me, I had to put her on a lead as she did'nt like it and would escape to my mum & dads cottage. I think it was definately haunted as I was always hearing things.
Quite often we would go to Ousden to The Fox, John & Val used to own it then, a lovely friendly place.
Shopping days we went to Wickhambrook to the village shop which sold everything, or you could ring them up with... Read more
Badmondisfield Hall, Wickhambrook, Suffolk
I remember going to the woods to collect a christmas tree, it was so tall we had trouble getting into the big oak door. Mr & Mrs Rix and their family lived in the lodge.
Bacon Family
My family lived in Hawkedon from about the mid-1880s and came from Kirtling, Cambs. I know that they ran the Queen's Head and I think my grandmother helped to teach at the local school. My mother's family (Bacon) were all born at Langley Farm. I don't think it is called that now and wonder if anyone has any memories of this family. I did visit the house some years ago with a cousin and my mother, and the family were very kind and allowed us to look around, which gave my mother so much pleasure. If the same family still live there I would like to thank them. Sadly my mother passed away in 2000 at the age of 84 but I cannot forget the look on her face when she was invited into the house in which she was born!
Carefree
When I was a child I lived in foster care in Hartest and one of my fondest memories is of riding my bike down Harvest Hill. Many years have gone by since my carefree, days of feeling the joy of rideing that bike and the fun I had going down that hill. I now live in Biloxi, Missouri in the USA on the Gulf of Mexico.
School Days
I am putting this on here to contact Carefree....did you go to Clare Secondary School and start in 1 Alpha? If so you sat next to me on your first day at school there!!!! If so I have thought of you no end of times over the years and wondered how you have got on. looks as if the answer may be 'very well'!!!!!
Racing
Can any one from Hartest remember the local boys having cycle races around the Green?
Sam Cook The Blacksmith
I can remember Sam the blacksmith. I would stand and watch him at work in the forge. He had lost an arm (presumably in the war) and he had different attachment false arms which he would change to provide the tool he required. I would watch him work and clearly remember thinking how clever this man was doing what he did with only one arm. We lived in the white thatched cottage opposite. My dad (Bill Smith) was the mechanic at Dalham Hall Farm, he had taken on the job thinking a proper workshop was going to be built, alas it wasn't so we moved on moving to Hasketon just out of Woodbridge. I started my school days at Dalham and with my sister Susan we would walk to school. Alas on my last visit the school was no longer there. I remember being so afraid of the cattle in the fields along the road to school. One day I was waiting for my sister to come out of her... Read more
