Barham, The Village c.1960
Photo ref:
B592030
Photo ref:
B592030
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A Selection of Memories from Barham
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I've grown up with tales of barham mill, which burnt down the year before I was born. My gran, Betty Edwards, who is now 91, was born and brought up at the mill, until the family moved to cornwall. Photo from around 1920(?) somewhere which I will dig out and add to this.
My parents had the pub "The Sportsmans Arms". I was only 5 or 6 years old when we lived there so I don't remember the fine details but I do remember Mrs. Mac at the shop on the corner. I used to spend quite a lot of time with Mr. and Mrs. Doubleday. He was an artist, I think, and he painted a picture of me sitting on his lounge floor with toys around me. My mother (Mrs. Maxie Attoe) wanted to buy it from him but ...see more
my ancestoers richard walter and family lived in Barham mill. The mill is also the "location" for the movie Raising a Riot.
I was born in my Grandparents house - "Wimbourne" - in the valley below the Mill. Many pleasant hours have I spent sitting in the kitchen with my grandmother shelling peas that granddad had grown in the garden. The Mill could be seen from the kitchen window high on the downs. When travelling through Bridge on the Canterbury Road, we would all try to see who could spot the Mill first, a sure sign that we were home again!
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