Nostalgic memories of Mortimer's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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As quite young boys of then 7 and 6, my brother and I with our parents, over Christmas in 1945 soon after the end of WWII came across from Holland, to visit our grand-parents who lived in "Laneswood", a true manor house standing on a big property indeed. We kids had not known nor seen much more than life under the boot of German Occupiers, and were plunged into the miracles of Britain with the grand-parental home ...see more
I worked at Laneswood, Mortimer West End 1964/65 when it was a children's home run by Berkshire County Council. I was told that Queen Wilhelmina stayed there when she first came to England from the Netherlands in 1940 and was there for some time.
I was born at Cyprus Lodge, a bungalow in Victoria Road, Mortimer Common, it has a pond and 2 large gates. My father was in the RAF at Burghfield. I was the only child in the village I am told, we left there in 1945. My parents used to cycle in the woods and the local garage made me a scooter since children's toys could not be bought. The family surname was Welsh. I was also told that the Dutch Queen Wilhelmina was evacuated to the area during the war.
Although I was living elsewhere, because of my husband's work, I came back to Mortimer to have my son christened. He was proud to be christened in St John's Church.