My Wonderful Grandparents!

A Memory of Gedney Drove End.

I remember my very first taste of independence at the age of 7!! I cycled to my grandparents at The Rising Sun Inn for a holiday - they managed it for some 40 years. I loved that place!! I loved Gedney Drove End; the marsh, the samphire and the creeks, the smell of the sea. I loved the park and the small ditches where we used to go 'tadpoling'. I remember the planes doing low flying and target practice over the marshes and walking out onto the mud flats as far as we could go. I remember going on the bus to Long Sutton Market with granny every Friday morning. I have many other memories such as when a whale was stranded on the marsh and the whole community turned out to see it. Some people even stood on it to have their photos taken. Although I put 1957, the actual timescale extended to 1966.

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