Hill Ridware, Kiffs Cosy Cafe c.1955
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H268001
Photo ref:
H268001
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A Selection of Memories from Hill Ridware
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Hill Ridware
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I well remember Percy and Sylvia Knight at the Chad. Two of the nicest people you could ever meet. Great nights when along with Phill Eccleston on keyboards, I would sing in the pub. Sometimes all the band, Blue Serge, turned up. I always had to sing a song called "this song's just for you" for Sylv and later Percy, and a tape of me singing it was even played at his funeral. Wonderful memories, all seems along time ago now in another lifetime. Len Tiso
Hi, I bet anyone who lived on the Pear Tree from the 50's to the 80's knew the Hyson family on Coppice Road. What a wonderful life it was living on the Pear Tree. We never had much as kids coming from a family of 7, but we had lots of fun playing with all the miners kids from all over the estate. I knew just about everone on the Pear Tree. I went to the fab Pear Tree School with Mr Jackson as our ...see more
Spent my childhood years from the age of nine living in the pub with mum and dad, Sylvia and Percy Knight. Good times.
My grandfather CE (Charles) Fox was the lieutenant for the home guard at Hill Ridware (based behind the Bull & Specs - a good spot!). I remember long ago seeing his army Webley revolver holster as a child - its been lost over the years, but I somehow still have inherited its lanyard! He used to own Fox's shop just over the bridge in Handsacre with my nan (Nellie Fox), a Knight by maiden name which is a well ...see more
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