When I Was A Little Girl

A Memory of Washington.

When I was a little girl, 1959/1960, my Nan and her husband Mr Fred Pay lived at 2 Newtown Cottages. I can remember the house being tiny, we went in 'round the back' and the kitchen was tiny with a couple of steps up to the living room. From the kitchen a tiny staircase went up to the two bedrooms.
In those days it always seemed warm and we sat out in the yard. A lady that lived in one of the other cottages used to make peg dollys, she gave one to me and showed me how they were made. I don't ever remember playing in the gardens of the cottage but do remember going to the top of a steep road, halfway down was a row of pine trees, I can still remember the smell of them. I also remember the view of the lush green hills and the gentle 'mooing' of the cows, there was a caravan site in the distance as well. We often went up Chanctonbury Ring as well, bluebell picking. I mostly remember the peacefulness, I doubt that it is quite the same today. Corinne Hazell (nee Smith)