Walking Up Lane To See Gran And Grandad Foot

A Memory of North Boarhunt.

I walked Trampers Lane so many times as a child to see my Grandparents George and Jane Foot who lived in Oak View Cottage, also my dear Great Aunts, the Misses Mabel, Hilda and Hazel Foot, who lived in the cottage adjoining. On Sundays we would attend Boarhunt Methodist chapel which was a little way up the road. Sometimes I would stay with my Aunt and Uncle and with my cousins would cycle to Newtown with hardly any traffic on the road. I remember the village shop which Mr Crook owned, also in Trampers Lane, with his wonderful selection of sweets in glass jars. We would all go for amazing walks during school holidays, my favourite being from Adams Lane following the stream and fields to South Boarhunt church and then further on to Lord Nelson's Monument. Sixty years or so has now passed by but these childhood memories will live with me for ever.