Market Rasen, The Racecourse c.1960

Photo ref: M231035

my mother was Elsie Plumtree, married my dad George Hollands, I was born in Prospect Place in 1942, used to go to the sweet shop at the end of the road with my cousin Peter Codd. Unfortunately my mother died in 1945 and my father brought me down to Kent for his parents to bring up. When I came up years later I knew where the house was. and met up again with my grand father Charles. My uncle was Harold Plumtree ...see more

Went to secondary modern school,from 1953 to 1956.lived at Bishopbridge,remember going to picture house in market place,head teacher at school was mr Vickers,also teachers were Mr ward ,Mr Fox,Mr Holgate,Mr Halton,Mr Linnell.my form teacher was Mrs Carey.,Mrs Smith,Mr Smith,oh they were the days,life used to be different in those days,you had to find your own games to play in those days ,not the I.pads & mobile phones the,.

Me and my sister used to go and stay in the school holidays with our great nanna, Mrs Hilda Pocklington, in her cottage at Walsbey Road, we used to love our time there. The tennis courts were out the back, and we often used to sit and watch them play tennis in the summer and often wondered whether any of them would end up at Wimbleden, or indeed ourselves - childhood dreams I guess. I also remember she had a coal ...see more