Parnell

A Memory of Edwinstowe.

I have two memories,one of my grandfather,his name was Parr.He lived a bit down from the crossroads,he used to keep pigs and he used to work in the forest.I can always remember hams
hanging from beams in the living room with a big fire.this must have been in 1950.
My other memory was of my auntie,she was a big boxum lady who was a retired sister from
Warrington hospital.She came to live with my widowed mother and I who was living in Cardiff.She
then got a position working for the Marquis of Bute,in Cardiff Castle.During an holiday she came to
see my grandfather and while here met Harry Parnell,who she later married.I can remember my
mother and I coming to Edwinstowe and being shown Parnells shop,which was a grocery and veg.
shop.I think Harry had a granddaughter called Doreen.
What brought these memories back,was visiting Edwinstowe this weekend,mind you I couldn`t
recognise much off the main street.

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