Happy Days

A Memory of Caverswall.

My name is Bill Elliott and I have very happy memories of Caverswall as I used to go to the Catholic school in the village along with my brothers Dave and Mike. We lived at that time at Stanley Farm in Caverswall Rd Blythe Bridge. We used to walk to church on a Sunday as we were alter boys. I well remember the Pageants we used to have in the castle grounds as this was the Convent for the nuns who also taught us at school. From my school days in Caverswall I can remember a few of my school mates , Neil Washington, Kenny Watts, Nicky John and Margaret Kimber ,they were truly happy times . As kids we would explore the fields and woods around the village and very often go camping on Dilhorne Hill . When at school Sister Eloise would send me down to Ozzy Mac's tp get another rubber milk tube as this was her form of punishment if we did anything wrong , the rubber tube across the hand. My time and that of my brothers was in the late 50's so a lot of water as flowed under the bridge since then and things change but looking at photographs on my lap top the village as changed very little.I now live in Somerset and have done for the last 50 years ,I am now retired after a very successful career as an artist, My memories of the village and the many happy times I had there have never left me, one day I hope to come back and relive some of my memories and seek out old haunts. It would be nice to hear from old school mates and recall old times in the area. One memory I have of one of the priest's who lived in the village a Father Rowan who was Irish and loved a dram or two ,he would come to the farm on a Wednesday night to see the family ,he and my father would retire to the study to sample a whiskey or to, and on a Sunday in the pulpit the first thing he would ask was who had any good tips for the racing at Uttoxeter or where ever horse racing was being held , a true character, happy days

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