Tatsfield, c.1955
Photo ref:
T297029
Photo ref:
T297029
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Memories of Tatsfield, c1955
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My mother who was at that time 5 years old, and my aunts are on the 1911 Tatsfield census, with my grandparents. My grandfather was a boot-maker at this time. They are listed as living in Ebor Cottage, Paynesfield Road. Ebor Cottage is no longer mentioned and so I gather it has since been redeveloped. It would have been nice to visit it when doing some planned family research in July! I didn't know John Surtees was born here!
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My family (The Watsons) owned the bakery which was a substantial building in the village centre. It housed the bakery itself (my Uncle Dick Watson was the baker in those days). It was also a hotel with six bedrooms, plus it had a shop on the front corner, shown in the above photo.
I was 12 years of age at the time and used to visit my Grandad Watson in the long, triangulated room above the shop. He was ...see more
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