Hinton Martell, The Village 1908
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A Selection of Memories from Hinton Martell

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 Hinton Martell

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I was at Sister Butler' Orphanage from 1948 to 1959. Still in touch with Sally Hayter although I'm living in Australia now. Peter Edenborough, Sally Stevens and Maureen come to mind as children that were there with me. I remember coming down the fire escape ladder at night and walking up the village. I was also an alter boy at the church which my family find hard to believe. I remember mowing the lawns with an ...see more
I spent some months at 5 Five Ash Cottages with my aunt, Winifred White. Went to school there and helped on the farm early mornings and afternoon.
I was a child that lived at the 'Sister Butler's orphanage' in the early I960s.  This message is to anyone that was also at the orphanage at that time, particularly Alison Burbidge, as I have read her account stating that Alison would have been at the orphanage at the same time as me. I have a lot of memories of the Hinton Martell, and the orphanage, such as the school over the road from the ...see more
There was also another lady, sadly deceased, called Mrs Sturney that would have adopted me but was sadly considered "too old". Any information on these people gladly welcomed. Mrs Sturney's first name was Gwendoline as far as I can remember