An Idyllic Childhood
A Memory of Wargrave.
I grew up in Wargrave and my memories of the village and the surrounding areas will always be etched in my heart. I lived with my parents in "Ivyhurst", Victoria Road which at that time had a small orchard to the side of the house. The warm, lush summers meant that there was always an abundance of fruit, so much so that my mother used to hang bags of apples and pears on the gate posts for passers-by to take. We lived there during the 1950s and early 1960s and at the beginning I can still remember the Muffin Man who used to walk up Victoria Road ringing a hand bell and calling "Hot Muffins, come and get your Hot Muffins". It really was another way of life then, when as a child the most important thing was to enjoy each endless day.
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Three of us live in Australia and keep in touch with many more who still live not far from Wargrave. Paying a penny to be punted across the River Thames so we could swim and play in the fields was always a big thrill, waiting later to be collected before it got too dark was preceded by yelling and whistling to alert the ferryman. I wonder who he was and when this service stopped. Roger Yates-Stanley.