Lane to the Playground

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The Playground

The playground was built in 1937.  Before that it was just a field.
The village had two cricket grounds at that stage. One was behind the Eustaces and was fenced off so the animals couldn’t get on it.  May says it was a sacrosanct place.
Leonard told us that on the playground there were no football posts, but there were rugby posts pinched by Leonard and his mates from the nearby airfield when it was closed.

Reminiscences of
Red Rose Close

Red Rose Close contained 3 to 4 alms houses, Mrs Wilks lived in the top house, just one downstairs and one upstairs room.  The other houses were the same.  They all shared one well for all their water.
Mr Barney married twice.  His first wife died.  Not known what he did.  He lived at 1 Red Rose Close where later the Augers lived.  Thought he might have been a writer.  He got us singing at the door for ages writing down the words.  May didn't know him to go to work.  His second wife and he used to ride a tandem.  A young lad lived in the house with them.  He was disabled.  He used to appear sometimes when the children were playing in the playground then disappear again.
Mr Bradley Clack rode a bike and was knocked off it one day and was killed.  He lived in the third house in the row, and worked on the Bradwell Grove estate.

1 Red Rose Close

2 Red Rose Close

Rosie Close