Merrafield Road

A Memory of Plympton.

My grandparents, Annie and Charles Edwards, used to live in Merrafield Road where I would visit them during the middle 50's to early 60's. I mostly remember how their back garden sloped sharply downhill and this gave rise to a cellar with a sloping floor, accessible from the back of the house. The front of the house faced open meadows which sloped up to a line of trees. In the meadows were 2 or 3 large craters which I believe were the result of bombing from WW2. My cousin and I used to play in these craters. I remember the long walk uphill from the station at the top, which Merrafield would be to off to the left and Saltram House to the right. The neighbours on one side were Mr & Mrs Barwick who had 2 sons, who I think were called Richard and Roy. Walking the other way down into the village was a bakers shop called Friendships. Does anybody else remember the craters in the meadow?

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