My Childhood Days

A Memory of Great Bedwyn.

My memories of Great Bedwyn are spending my holidays with my gran and grandad William and Beatrice Alderman in Castle Rd and my uncle Dennis.  My uncle and grandad were both signalmen at Great Bedwyn and I used to go down to take their tea. It was lovely to watch the steam trains go by. My gran took me on lovely walks up through the forest where we would sit and I would make daisy chains with my cousin Shirley. We would go to the man who made baskets and I can still remember my gran buying me a little basket with orange weaved around it.  I also loved going to the bakers where there was the lovely smell of bread and cakes especially the lardys which they still make. When I got older I used to spend nearly all my weekends there.  Sadly my gran and grandad and uncle are no longer alive but I still visit the church yard where they are buried along with my uncle Bill. I still have an auntie who lives in the village and also two cousins and I still enjoy visiting the village where my mother lived for many years.