Holidays At The Cottage
A Memory of Great Wratting.
Our family used to travel from London to a cottage called Redlon in Great Wratting for our childhood holidays during the 1950s. It was owned by the Cummings sisters and their mother. We looked after their Siamese cats and the spaniel called Bimmy while they were away. Looking down the road from the cottage we could see the cottages belonging to Mr and Mrs Pullen, and "Old Abraham's" cottage, at the junction beyond these was the church with the Rectory nearby. Up the hill from the cottage was the village of Thurlow, where my brother went on foot or by bike to buy a fizzy drink called Tizer. Mrs Cornell came to clean and she lived "up Paradise"! Haverhill was a considerable walk away but sometimes we all went together. More often we had outings in the old family car to Bury St Edmunds, Ely and even to the seaside. Best of all was playing down by the ford in the village and having a "camp" up on the bank overlooking the road. If anybody else has memories of Great Wratting, it'd be lovely to read them.
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