Growing Up In Westend In The 70s And 80s

A Memory of West End.

I was born in 1965 and grew up in Westend.  I moved  to America in 1988 and have only been back to visit once since then back in 1989/90.  I can't really imagine how much the village has changed since then.  I've seen photos and pics on the internet.  I was hoping that somethings haven't changed like the common, up there on New England hill and down in the dips were we as kids used to have sausage sizzles with the cub scouts.  I was hoping the ford down there in Pennypot is still there where my mates and I used to ride our bikes to and wade in the water.  I was hoping the rec is still there.  My grannie's flat looks over it from the end of  Meadow Way.  I used to live in Malthouse Lane and have fond memories of all the people there and all the people I went to school with back then.  I wonder if anyone remembers me at all?  I know some people will remember me from my drinking days at the Hare and Hounds, the Wheatsheaf and the Working Mens club.  I look at pics on the internet of the present day locals at the pubs and see my cousins' kids all grown up and doing the same thing we all used to do when we were their age..  Email me at >starlite_andy@hotmail.com. thanks Andy Barnett