Hunsdon, The Green c.1965
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The white plastered cottages clustered around the tiny village green and its war memorial date from the 17th century onwards. With its colourful display of carefully tended flowers, spreading chestnut tree and white picket fences, this scene makes for an archetypal illustration of what most people visualise when thinking of an English country village.

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My parents, Peggy and Stan Pinner, moved to Hunsdon from Leyton in 1957. Stan's family was from Wyddial and Aspenden, so Hunsdon was a good fit for them. A small estate was being erected on Wicklands Road and they bought number 3. Our next door neighbours were  the Duddys, other neighbours were the Porters, the Joyces, the Fergusons, the Richardsons and the Normans. The local vicar was Mr Pumphrey. The ...see more