Post War 45 47 As A Child Born In 42

A Memory of Burtersett.

I recentlty went into the Burtesett Village hall, had a cuppa, with my three sisters, and looked at the memorbilla and photos around the room. We had a great time. Spent some 45-60 minutes reminising. My father was in the army on the tank ranges near brampton, training in the tank core for various operations envisaged in europe after d day. I and my sister born 45 lived with mum in 3 prospect place. i OfTEN WATCHED THE METCALF FAMILY Ken and Tommy, milk the cows in the top farm, and cool the milk, and then put the churns out for collection on the stools/stands. One of my jobs was to take the radio wet cells (accumulator) accross the fields to dick blades to recharge [he had a generator] ready to put back into the radio set. My self and three sisters walked from the village hall, past metcalf's farm, to Dick blades, and then accross the fields to Prospect Place. We passed on the way on the row from Prospect place up the hill to the back alley/path the corner house of a Mrs Johnson ( she moved to Bedale) and was a friend to MuM, as well as Mrs Metcalf.
As a young family after 1949 when Dad was demobbed and moved back to england from Germany, we visited the metcalf family and mrs johnson until the late 50's. My two younger sisters remeber these visits but never lived in 3 prospect way. On our day out we left Butersett, and went to Gayle Mill museum, and chatted with the elderly lady in the shop, and then retired to Hawes Creamery for lunch. Dad was a friend of KIT Calvat, I believe with Dicjk Blades while dad was on leave often fished the URE between Hawes and bainbridge..
WE left a family photo of a charabac trip of the bertersett village summer outing to REDCAR either 46 or 47 I am not sure I think 47 Both I and my elder sister are on the photo with Mum. It was my first visit I remember to the sea side.
At the time in 45-47 we had oil lamps no electric, and the main downstairs sitting room had a color gas central light., and in the morning I could hear the steam train whistle blowing on its way up the dale to Hawes and Gayle. We visited in the 50's and the metcalfs were pleased when electric was installed in the valley..
In the winter of 47 I rememeber we were presented with a sledge to go up and down the village hill.


Added 21 August 2017

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