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Early Years
I only spent the first six years of my life in Great Horwood, but still have many happy memories of it, and have visited it once or twice in more recent years, boring my husband and son with my stories.
My parents and I lived on the Nicky Nook caravan park, which I now believe is just known as the Nook Park. I attenced the local primary school and remember my lovely teacher Mrs Coleman very well. The lovely nature walks she took us on. There was an elderly man who used to have his parrot outside in his garden on sunny mornings and he used to say 'bacon and eggs', all the children loved him. Such lovely memories of sunny summer evenings and a childhood of fun and freedom. The fair visiting the green, before it became a car park, was a real highlight. To think we were so happy and content living in a caravanand sharing a bathroom block is almost unimaginable in 2011!! To think of... Read more
Singleborough
I visited Singleborough last Saturday and my grandfathers farm was exactly as I remember it - but smaller of course. The garden was exactly the same as it was nearly 60 years ago. I stood near the door where my grandfather showed me some newborn fluffy chicks and the garden where my mother had her photograph taken mowing the lawn as a young woman. I got up to no good with the children from across the road when I was about 7 or 8 making tunnels in the straw bales in the store and putting rat poison in the calves food not knowing of course and eating cow cakes and made myself sick. I fished for sticklebacks and put them in the water butt and found them floating on the top the next morning. I picked cowslips, violets and primroses in the hedgerows. I have so many vivid memories that will never die.
Singleborough Memory
My paternal grandparents built their retirement home in the early 1950s. They were true cockneys & fulfilled a dream to retire to the country. I visited twice from NZ in 1962 & 1966 with my new husband. His abiding memory is of the day we explored a public pathway across the farmland. On stopping part way to ask at a house exactly where the path went the woman replied that she couldn't help us since she was a stranger in the district & had only lived there for 14 years! My husband has retold that story many times over the years. We will be visiting Singleborough next month, May 2011 when we hope to locate my grandparents' former home.
MY YEARS IN NORTH MARSTON
I lived in North Marston in the 1950s, at 25 Quainton Road My Grandfather Ezra Rawlings was a tailor. I remember bonfire night on the sports field, cycling down Church Hill, Christmas carols, Friday night youth club in the school hall and being sent to the Cox's shop for a packet of Woods or Weights cigarettes for my grandfather.
I emigrated to Australia in 1961, but I will never forget the fun I had in North Marston, with Jim Tattam, Simon Carter, and Janet Gowin, also David Holden, and the rest of our gang, I also remember Lawrence Young standing as umpire in his white dust coat, and I was the scorer for the village cricket team. In those days we made our own fun, and was never bored, I feel sorry for the youth of today, they say they have nothing to do.
If any body reading this, knows the where abouts of Sandra Tickner, who was a Whitchurch lass, I would very much... Read more
Family-In-Law!
I don't claim to know Nash all that well, but I can't believe that not one person has written anything about about such a lovely village, with what I remember, it was full of friendly and very kind people - well, I would say that! Most of them were my in-laws (many years ago). As you can see my married name is Hogg - ring any bells? My husband died on 13th Dec 08, and I was relieved when Rev Derbyshire agreed to allocate a nice burial place to lay David, at his funeral, 19th Dec 08, he did a lovely service and internment, then we all went to the hall 'that used to be Dave's school'. Mrs Bell, and help!, worked tirelessly to make sure we all had tea etc, she had heating on too as it was a freezing day. The church was full, it was comforting and nice to see so many friends and family there, his daughter and son-in-law only got here from Australia the day... Read more
A Nash Pre-Schooler
I am revisiting my Nash childhood next month, 18 May 2011. We lived in a quaint cottage from 1946-50 when I was a pre-schooler. My father cycled to Buckingham daily all year round. My first word was spoken in that cottage: "visibility" picked up from the wirelss! Two memories: a group of children got stuck in the mud of the pond & attracted many onlookers. Also of my mother describing a house being upside down when the owners were moving - I was so disappointed that it wasn't standing on its chimney as expected! We moved from there to Tusmore & emigrated to NZ in 1953.
1861 Butchers Arms
In 1861 my great grandad Josiah Smith and his wife Elizabeth was butcher/publican at the Butchers Arms. I would like to hear if anyone has anymore information about this. Taken from the census 1861. Amelia Wesgrove was a visitor aged 13 years and Charles Seaton was the groom. Thanks
