Hambledon, East Street c.1955

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My Dad Tom Meads was a driver for Southdown Bus Company. Cannot remember The year he started and finished. June Gregory (Meads)

I got married in 1955 and moved into 2 Forge Cottages, Hambledon and I was a conductor and worked for Southdown Bus Company.

I remember a little shop where we popped in to buy a pennyworth of sweets before catching the school bus that took us to Cowplain girls' school. At the time I lived in a farmhouse along the main street, I can't remember the address, but have driven past there recently and it has all changed, it looks like it is now one big house. I cannot remember any names of other children who caught that school bus, but I would love to hear from anyone who went to that school in 1954-1956.

Further down East Street there used to be a little sweet shop, if I remember it was called (or known as by us school evacuees), 'Miss Mays'. It was a 'tuck shop' for us as we used to run down a path from near the school to get there and spend our 'penny'. I have returned many times since I was living at Upper Chidden Farm, though the farm has changed hands of course. I was still made welcome and taken into the farmhouse to see the changes. I spent a wonderful time in this area