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An Idilic Childhood

A Memory of Walton on the Hill.

My grandmother, Lillian Kemp, lived at 9 Howard Close. We visited regularly and had the best days running all over the village. Fishing sticklebacks out of the pond, looking for rats at the rubbish dump (!), trying to catch the wild kittens, riding various ponies bare back, raiding orchards for apples, watching the shire horses pulling the brewery dray on Derby Day as they set off from the Chequers pub. We lived full time, briefly, at Howard Close and I attended the school in Breech Lane and sang in the choir at St Peters. Sadly my grandmother passed away in 1971 so those wonderful days were cut short. I have very fond memories of those days

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You certainly had an Idylic childhood Sue It reminds me of my childhood in Great Malvern . I used to spend all my days in the summer holidays on the Malvern Hills and like you I used to go fishing in the pond a freind of mine from Malvern Clive had a friend of the same name as you who lived in Godalming If you are the same one please comment back as he would like to say just say hi Did you have blue eyes ? Loved reading your memories of your childhood Sue hope to see a comment back soon
By lesley.clare on Sun Feb 7th 2016, at 11:45 pm
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Where are you now Sue ? Are you married ? Hope you get in touch I am on FB would love to hear back from
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By lesley.clare on Mon Feb 8th 2016, at 10:08 pm
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Hi to Sue Hibberd from Lesley Clare did you ever go to Worcester Girls Grammar School ?
By lesley.clare on Mon Feb 8th 2016, at 10:32 pm
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Walton on the Hill, the Pond c1960

Photo ref: W17043
Photo of Walton on the Hill, the Pond c1960
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