Early Teens In Pailton

Hi marj. I lived in Pailton from 1952 until 1973. We lived at 7 Coventry Road, the house was named 'Veronica'. I remember the original post office at that time which was situated near the entrance of Dew's farm at the top of Lutterworth road; a Mrs. Cunningham was post mistress. The Co-Op was run by Mr/Mrs Hunt. Ada Dew run the hardware shop. Rebecca Simpson was landlady of The Fox PH. Seth Lewis and his wife and family owned a small shop and the garage. Next to where I lived was the bakery owned by the Arrowsmiths. Freshly baked bread a 4.30 in the afternoon, I used to take a loaf home, cut off the crust and spread plenty of butter on it. Opposite our house was the farm owned by Joe Foxon, his son Frank and daughters Gadys and Betty. Frank taught me how to milk a cow sitting on a three legged stool under a 60 watt lamp.They owned an old cart horse which died sometime in the late fifties. That horse was used to carry hay from one of their fields a couple of miles away. Horice Hyde was the village road sweeper. Further up the Coventry road on the left hand side was the butchers shop, the name of the butcher escapes me. The there was the police house, constable Coburn lived there. Next and almost opposite the police house was the Golden Lion PH. Molly Shields was the landlady. Much, much more as well.

Best regards Martin Longmore