Mine And My Mum Avrils Memories

A Memory of Cropwell Bishop.

My memories relate to the year 1977 when I arrived in Cropwell Bishop to stay with my Great Uncle Wilf and his wife Dorothy fresh from New Zealand. They lived at the old Post Office in the village of Cropwell Bishop. My Grandmother was Wilf's older sister Ethel May Johnson (nee Walker). I was instantly wrapped with the village and felt as though I had been there before. I and my siblings have grown up with all the stories and photo's of Cropwell so it felt like second nature to me.
I used to walk Uncle Wilf's dog Jilly all around the village and surrounding villages during that summer and came to know just about every nook and cranny. I remember sitting on Blue Hill and looking down upon the village with a feeling that i had been there before. Perhaps in a past life. Today I am battling with our family genealogy, and slowly getting there. My Mum Avril Johnson (nee Kelly) grew up in Cropwell with her father Jack in the Navy and her Mum Ethel running the Post Office and Uncle Wilf doing the morning mail deliveries. there are so many memories that I can write a book. My Mother married a New Zealander based at Langar during the war and emigrated to NZ after the war when Ethel and Jack followed. Both Ethel and Jack lived to their 90's respectively and are dearly missed.

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