Chidlhood Memories

A Memory of Meonstoke.

My uncle, Earnest Smith lived nearly opposite the Bucks Head with his sister Dora. He was a market gardener by profession and used to grow most of their needs. He also was a herbalist; often we'd visit and he'd say 'not feeling too well' and pop off own the garden and pick, I recall, dandelions to eat. He was the first person to own a motorcycle in the village. Catching stickleback in the stream was a childhood favorite. Many of my relatives are buried in St Andrews.