Dibden Purlieu, Noadswood School c.1960
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Photo of Dibden Purlieu, Noadswood School c.1960

Memories of Dibden Purlieu, Noadswood School c1960

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Ths is the memory of my cousin, Audrey, aged 79. We were talking yesterday and she told me how, with her mother, she had travelled from Lancashire to see her father who was stationed in the area. They had to get permission to travel and she was allowed to visit the camp, where her father was an officer's batman; she would be given sweets! She remembers staying in Dibden Purleigh in a little cottage with no electricity and having to carry candles, going to bed. The lady was very kind to them.
I lived in Talbot Road back then with my foster sisters and our wonderful Foster Mum Mrs. Jones. I can remember attending Orchard Road Junior School durring the Queens Silver Jubilee and getting a coin with the Queens face on it. I wish I knew where that coin was now as I could give it to my daughter. That was the year when Star Wars originally came out at the Cinema. It seems so strange now to ...see more