November 29th, 2007
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Terri Reid
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Old Wheatbutts
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We are in the process of buying Old Wheatbutts and hope to be moved in
by the end of January. We are fascinated with the house and are very much in
love with it. Could anyone please either give us some photos, or perhaps
memories or who lived in it and when. Is there another house called
wheatbutts or is it old wheatbutts people are referring to?
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and we will forward your message.
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November 1st, 2007
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Andy Stewart
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Eton Wick Memories
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Hello. I have just come across your site. I was born in Eton Wick at
21 Alma Road on 31st May 1941. My mother was Edith (Edie) Annie Stewart (nee
Jacobs) also born at no 21 in 1914 along with her sister Lillian Gladys (nee
Jacobs) born at no 21 in 1919. Their fathers name was George Jacobs and his
wife was Sarah Annie who was a Newell before marriage. My father Cyril George
Stewart married my mother in August 1938 at St John The Baptist Church.
During the war father worked at Langley Alloys by day and in the Home
Guard in Eton by night. In 1946 we moved to 16 South View Eton Wick Road from
there I attended Eton Wick School, and well remember walking to the village
hall for school dinners. Opposite no 21 lived a Mickey Bell who later played
for Slough Town and Dagenham Football Clubs.
Have just read with interest Bryan Philips entry, I remember very well
visiting his fathers cycle shed/shop and seeing his taxi parked outside their
house. Many years later I met up again with Bryan when we were both Sgts in
the TA at Taplow.
Other memories of Alma Road were the Shakespeare Stores on the corner
with Bell Lane run by the Chinnerys who lost a son in a M/c accident by the
Slads. Running errands for gran to the Co-op in Alma Rd. Going to the chapel
and on coach trips to the seaside with the over sixties club.I also remember
going on to Dorney Common and playing in the empty gun pits.The new shops
being built and the Duke of Edinburgh opening the new playground on the new
estate off Moores Lane. As a sixer in the cubs I carried their first flag for
its dedication in the church. I believe it was the first fete in the
Wheatbutts where I won £1.10s (£1.50 today) in the air rifle shoot out.
Living upstairs in the 1947 floods.
I finally left Eton Wick in 1971 to live in Dedworth. I moved from
their in 1977 to the present time to Weymouth Dorset. Both my parents now lie
in Eton Wick Churchyard along with my Grandparents. Also Lilly and her
husband Arthur and their only daughter Margaret. My sister Jean (also born in
Alma Road) lives in Windsor and my brother Ian born at South View lives in
Datchet. Those are just some of my memories of Eton Wick Good luck for the
future
Andy Stewart
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October 23rd, 2007
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Yvonne Knibbs
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Family
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I didn't realise this village existed until my mother told me her
mother (Constance) was born there in 1904. I do have to say that for one so
small you do seem to have a lot going on. Rather shocking (or so I thought)
her mother Hilda had five children and never married and Constance married
when my own mother was a year old. Does the name Powell mean anything to
anyone in the area?
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this page and we will forward your message.
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October 10th, 2007
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David Cawsey
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History - 1939 - 1946
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Very interested to see your site. I lived in Eton Wick from 1939 to
about 1946.
Here are a few random reminiscences and memories. My father was Harold
Cawsey; in September 1939 he was the headmaster of Ben Jonson School, in
Stepney, East London. They were evacuated to Eton Wick. Father ran the school
in the Village Hall for two or three years, before it was amalgamated with
the village school, under Miss Rooke.
Father ran the A.R.P. in Eton Wick. My mother, Ida Cawsey soon started
as the infants teacher at Porney School, Eton.
Initially we lodged with Reg and Elsie Borrett. Reg was the local
policeman, and used to take me fishing! We then moved into the house next
door, and stayed there until we moved to Windsor after the war. Life in Eton
Wick was pretty basic then - electricity had not yet come to the village.
Milk came from a churn on a cart. Eggs came from our own chickens, and veg
from our allotment on Moores Lane The radio required accumulators which we
had to get charged weekly at the bicycle shop.
Mother and Father became great friends of the Chew family, who played
an important part in Eton Wick history. They live on Moores Lane, just on the
corner of Inkerman Road ( is the house still there?). Frances Chew was one of
the original Moores family. She had married Archibald Chew and they had 4
daughters. The Chew family put all their efforts into supporting the
Methodist Chapel on Alma Road. Sylvia and Joyce Chew continued their mother's
support of the church, helped by Winnie Jewel, and the local handyman /
builder, Harry Cook. (As a child, I found going to the chapel pretty boring!
- but the Chews were very good to me.)
There are one or two other names I remember. There were the Badders.
His end was sad. On getting off the Eton Wick bus, his coat caught in the
door, and he was dragged to his death.
And of course David Niven owned the big house - was it Wheatbutts? But
was he ever there? I don't think anyone saw him.
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for Mr Cawsey, please use the form on this page and we will forward your
message.
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September 14th, 2007
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Gerald Kennedy
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Garrard Place
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I noticed that there was an enquiry about Garrard Place a while ago. I
was born at 3 Garrard Place on 6 May 1935. This made me a Silver Jubilee
Baby, to commemorate which I received a bible from the residents of Eton Wick
and Boveney, a christening mug and spoon and a one guinea Post Office Savings
account from the Mayor of Windsor.
My father was Edward (Ted) Kennedy of 20 Cippenham Lane, Cippenham and
my mother Lilian Maud Kennedy (nee Banham) of Shakespere Place, New Boveney.
We moved to Cippenham in 1938 when I believe Garrard Place was demolished.
Dad was a keen footballer and I have vague memories of being club
mascot, was the strip amber and black quarters? He later played for his works
team, St Helens Cable and Rubber; his cup and league medals are with my
sister in Stockholm so I am unable to give details.
As a boy I used to cycle to Eton Wick with eggs for my grandparents,
going across Cippenham Green, across the fields to the sewage works and on
across the Slypes(?), then a muddy footpath. Grandfather had lost a leg in
Mesopotamia in the first war. I thought he was in the Norfolk Regiment, but
they don't appear to have been to that theatre. He would send me to change
the accumulators for his wireless and to fetch beer in an enamel jug sealed
with brown paper. This was towards the church on the road to Eton; I can't
remember any names or places.
The last time I was in Eton Wick was ten or more years ago, visiting
my niece and her family. She has since emigrated to Toronto and I have no
family remaining in the area. Hope this is of interest.
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August 27, 2007
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John Bond
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The Bond Family
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Hi, my name is John Bond. I was born in the village in 1949 in
Colenorton Crescent. I come from a very large family of Bonds in Eton Wick
which were started off by Thomas & Roland (Rol) Bond in the early 1890s.
(Two brothers who came from the New Town of Hazlemere near High Wycombe.)
As a child I have vivid memories of the five-a-side football
competition held on Easter Monday. I can remember iceskating on the frozen
floodwater on the common. Watching cricket at Tarrants farm, Gymkhanas at Bob
Bonds (my grandfather's cousin), picking blackcurrants after school in my
grandad's fields opposite the church, catching the bluebus on a saturday
morning to watch Saturday morning pictures at the playhouse. It was 2d to the
bottom of Castlehill and 2 and a 1/2d to the top.
I can remember Pass's horse and cart trotting around the village, the
scout fete and my regular failure to win the minature garden competition.
Youth club discos, Rob Hood's group sounds fx. My earliest memory was
attending the official opening of the New recreation ground when the Duke of
Edinburgh opened it. I can remember seeing the soldiers as I walked around
from Colenorton Crescent.
At school I was one of Vernon Moss's possibles for passing the 11
plus.Not probables I hasten to add. I passed. From the school, I can recall
Mr. Blay, Miss Winder, Mrs Miles and Mrs Babris (she was my favourite). I was
a regular at the chapel and regularly went on seaside trips. So many other
memories...
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July 6th, 2007
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Kelly Johnson
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Growing Up in Eton Wick!
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Hi my name is Kelly and my Grandparents, Eric and Minerva Goodall
lived opposite the Greyhound Pub in Eton Wick until around 1990. My sister
and I used to spend all our school holidays in the Wick (we are from Leeds)
and I remember having some great times! Bareback riding the horses (I think
it was Teabag the horse who set off and wouldn't stop!) in the fields
opposite the house and making a den in the woods as well as meeting Ernie
Wise at the shops near the playground! We especially loved walking down to the
lock to watch the boats go by in the summer and as my Gran worked at Eton
college we were able to use the outdoor pool there as well! We used to walk
to the college and one time she took us the back way - the cows weren't too
impressed and ended up chasing us across the field!!
Both my grandparents have passed on now and although writing this has
brought back some great memories I'm now sat at work with tears in my eyes!
I've always said I would love to come back to the Wick for a visit but it
keeps getting put off!! Maybe someday soon I'll be back there!
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June 30th, 2007
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Pam Cartwright
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Lammas Hayward
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I was delighted to see the photo of "Hammer" Stannett, the
Lammas Hayward, on your website. He is my great great grandfather!
My grandfather remembered that he would walk to Windsor some Sundays,
still in his shepherd's smock. He also remembers when Hammer met tinned
peaches for the first time:- he ate them with a knife and fork, bless him!
I would love any further details or photos that anyone might have
about him. Many thanks for a great website, Pam Cartwright.
You can contact Pam by using the form on this page - we will forward
any messages to her.
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June 27th, 2007
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Hazel Rees (nee Pygall)
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Happy Days
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Ken and Sue White have just sent me the link to this site. Its great
as was the exhibition that Frank held in the Village Hall. There was much
laughter when he pointed out photos of me at the Guides Gang Show, at Eton
Wick Youth Club and camping in St Ives with them. I remember it cost £9 to go
and I did a paper round for Bill Sibley down the Eton Wick Road to Broken
Furlong and got 6 shillings (old money) a week but saved up to pay to go to
camp. I could ramble on (I know I always do) but I have fond memories of the
village and try to come there at least once a month to see my siblings. I
also notice my niece Amanda Ross got on here before me - thats a first.
Good luck to everyone involved in this site Hazel
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June 25, 2007
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Mr Ken White
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Memories of Eton Wick
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I first went to the Wick in 1940 as my parents had moved to the safety
of this lovely village. My association with this area started when I began
using the Willow Tree Inn where I met Bill Mitchell, the Benhams, Robinson
etc members of the dart's team. Old man Stannard was the publican at that
time.
Later, 1953, I was appointed to the post of Asst. Head at Eton Wick
school when Miss Rooke was headmistress and Mrs V.Miles was a teacher in the
old building. Miss Winder and I occupied the palatial new part of the school.
I was to remain there until 1958 when I moved to Canada.
Even at 85 I look back with fond memories of the school and have on
occasions met some old pupils form my teaching days. I have given Robert Moss
some pages from my autobiography and hope that these may one day be part of
the school's history. I now live in Farnbough Hampshire and would love to
hear from ex-students.
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and we will forward your message.
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June 19, 2007
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Iris White
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Willow Tree Public House
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I recently found this group and was surprised to read so many names of
years ago. My Family Mr.C. & Mrs A. Bateman together with myself and my
small sister Mavis moved to the pub in 1953. My father was still working at
Bell's Asbestos so my mother managed on her own during the day. I remember
what great fun we had there on a Saturday night, with Mum supplying
sandwiches and cakes for all and everyone enjoying each others company. And
of course the many darts matches which the team won. Especially when my
future brother-in-law Ken and Modge Benham were playing.
It was a very happy place. It was there I met my husband Gordon White
who lived next door. We were married at Eton Wick Church in June 1954 later
moving to 52 Eton Wick Rd. Recently seeing the cottage again, we were both
struck by how little it had changed. The extensions and paving in the front garden
was just as we had left it, in 1961. Our daughters Beverley and Jane were
christened in St.John's too.
My father-in-law Mr.Percy White has the shop nearby called 'The
Service House' which sold all sorts of household necessaties. My sister Mavis
grew up to marry John Stacey and her children went to the local school, where
Gordon's brother Ken was a teacher. Sadly, John died on 27th September 1996.
I'm sure that the people of the 'Wick' will still remember him and Mavis for
all there hard work in the building of the Social Club. His parents too
Walter and Eddie who raised money for the scheme and who run the bingo
sessions when the building was complete. I too had a hand in that, selling
tickets and taking over the calling when Don could not do it.
It was a very happy place to live in those days and I miss the many
people who have sadly gone. Like Mr & Mrs Woodhouse who lived next door,
and the Bond family in the greengrocers I could go on but must draw a line
somewhere.
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25th May, 2007
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Stephen Moss
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Dorney Common
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As my elder brother (Robert) and younger brother (James) have recently
contributed, I am honour bound to add my contribution.
I have fond memories of Dorney Common, and the surrounding area, which
I used to explore regularly along with my brothers and the likes of David
Hudson. Indeed, I still have my 'Local Nature Diary' that I kept from 1964 to
the early 1970's. On 3 April 1965 we saw a minnow and a frog in the sewage
stream that ran behind our garden in Tilstone Close and I noted that
"this was the first time a tidler or a frog had been seen in the sewage
stream". A landmark occasion! Before this, it had been notable for its
absence of any life forms apart from red worms - we used to make rafts and
when they capsized became well aquaited with the contents of Slough's
outpourings. On 28 August 1967 I recorded " a shoal of fish up to
6" long" - a sure sign of an improvement in water quality - or was
it simply a better class of sewage from Slough? On numerous occasions between
1964 and 1973 we saw pike in the cleaner stream that runs alonside the common
up towards Boveney. These were up to 2 feet 6 inches long, and often dead - "killed
by sludge pollution" I reckoned. It was always a mystery where these
pike came from, as I doubted they could survive swimming up the sewage stream
from the Thames. Does anyone know - I presume someone put them in the stream?
We also often saw water voles, heron, dabchicks, snipe and kingfishers. How
common are these now, I wonder?
Dorney Common was a wonderful place for us youngsters to explore, and
very unusual. It strikes me that I know very little about its history - when
did it become a common and why did it remain treeless unlike so much other
common land? I have found very little information on it - maybe someone would
like to add something to the site - I know Eton Wick ends at the sewage
stream but lets not be pedantic! Along with my brothers, I sometimes return
to Eton Wick and walk across the common.
Happy memories of skating on the frozen floodwater and even of walking
across the frozen Thames just above Windsor Bridge in the cold winter of
1962/63. Bet that will never be possible ever again. The death of the elm
trees around the common's perimeter due to Dutch elm disease was a sad loss
to the landscape.
We also visit the graveyard at the church and see names of people we
knew when young. One thought always strikes me. I see names of men who sang
in the church choir when I was about 10, in 1960 or so. At that time I looked
upon these men as 'really old', but in reality they must have been mainly in
their 40's. This does not seem old to me now as I head towards 60!
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May 15th, 2007
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Jessie Taylor
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Paternal Grandfather
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My father Peter Whitby Taylor was bought up in Eton. He died in 1980
and I never asked the questions I should have - namely anything about Laurie
Alfred Taylor (his father) who was a Baker (journeyman) and lived in Sunbury
Road in 1931. I know nothing of my fathers family, so please if anyone knows
about either I would be so pleased to hear from you. Thanks in anticipation.
Jessie
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forward your message.
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May 7, 2007
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Robert Moss
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1950s/60s
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Our family arrived from Norfolk in 1955 when Dad was appointed
headmaster of the village school.
My immediate memories of village life would be: football (inc. annual
5-a-side - still have my runners-up medal) and cricket on the old and new
recs; or sometimes cricket on Dorney Common, when the ball would inevitably
land in a cowpat at some point, causing great amusement at the expense of the
bowler who had to bowl the next ball; fishing from the iron bridge; the
overpowering stench in summer from Cippenham sewage works; the village fete
at the Wheat Butts; playing shinty - still have my 1964 souvenir egg-cup; the
Blue Bus, which never left you stranded no matter how full it was; choir
practice at the church on Friday evenings; riding my bike home from Slough in
a fog so thick that in the area near the viaduct you couldn't see the ground
you were riding on; the "Good Companions" youth group; Mr and Mrs
Clark's fish & chips and Anderson's sweet shop - these are just a few
things which spring to mind.
I'm now retired and living in Gloucester, but still visit Eton Wick
about once a year and am in contact with one or two former residents from
Tilstone Close, eg. the Quayle twins and Diana Hudson, who lives in Germany.
Best wishes to anyone who remembers me.
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May 6th, 2007
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James Moss
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Eton Wick - good memories
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It did make me smile about people remembering Mr. Moss. Even though he
was my Dad, I did make it to the green seat too! The brass bell inside the
front door. Swimming in the pool with Mr. Nash. Shinty, Rounders, Shove
Halfpenny, Darts, Michaelmas Fair with the somewhat damaged stalls that were
stored at the Scouts Hut. The Football Scheme, Tombola - all school fund
raising items. Even now when I got to my children's school fun raising I draw
on those ideas. The bottle stall that was always the most popular! In these
days of Dr. Who, the time a Dalek came to the school. Anyone recall
Shakespeare's stores in Alma Road, The Co-op that became the Betting Shop?
Barron's Stores?
Was fun to find this site. I usually pass through every year just to
see what has changed (live in Canada now, but have to visist my Mum who is
very much alive). I know we have photos of Eton Wick between my brothers and
I, including ones of the entire school from the 60's.
Anyone go on the trips to Holland with the school, or the ones to Wolverton
when in Class 4? Can think of so much more, but enough for now. Will be happy
to reply to any e-mails! And still have my trophy from winning the 50 year 5
a side with Andrew Piasecki, Clive Paintin, Neil Simpson and Paul Miles! All
the best. Jim
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will forward your message.
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May 5th, 2007
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Becky Bishop
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Bell Farm
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My 5x great grandfather had a son, William who lived at Bell Fram in
1861. If any one has any information on Bell Farm or the Howse family it
would be greatly appreciated.
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forward your message.
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February 7th, 2007
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Sharon Oxlade (Coupland)
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Pardoes
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My mother was one of the large Pardoe clan, Maureen. I lived in Eton
Wick from 1960-1980 and have many fond memories of 'Wicko'and the fun I had
helping out on the stalls. I also remember the fetes that used to be held on
the Wheatbutts. I remember Mr Moss and the dreaded 'green seat' if you had
been naughty.
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