Little Ness School

A Memory of Nesscliffe.

My name is ERNIE EVANS I started school at little ness school January 1935 i lived in VALESWOOD with my brother DOUGLASS also my sister KATHLEEN I remember in the war time the army had a small camp at NIBS HEATH and one night a GERMAN AIR PLANE fired shoots at lights they had on and the bullets went into the oak tree by the cook house where my brother in law to be was working Also the HOME GUARD had a trench in the girls playing field to the left of the school to guard the junchon of the rood to VALESWOOD and RUYTON with a wire rope across the road. I remember the start of the war very well i was picking the heads off roses at the HERB AND FLOWER FARM in valeswood the day it started to make some money for mum as my Dad did not make much money working on the farm in MILFORD but did her best to feed the five of us meat was mostly RABBITS and PIGONS also we had two PIGS Dad killed one and sold one to buy two more. My play ground was the CLIFE and NESSCLIFE HILL also HOPTON HILL no ELECTRIC or TV to keep us inside. Looking back i wish my kids could have had the same child hood as us and a dam side more kids