[19] 1972 to 1976 Peter’s first job
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We eventually moved in the summer of 1972. Roy had to lay a concrete roadway, erect a large packing shed which he bought second-hand, and a smaller shed to house the second-hand tomato grader…
[20] 1977 to 1987 working in Aladdin’s cave
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We had a very happy life at Ardleigh, attending St. John’s Anglican church in Colchester, but by 1980, profits in horticulture had started to fall, owing to the quantities of Dutch produce flooding the markets, so we decided to look for another business, perhaps in retailing….
[21] 1988 to 1992 building a kit car
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After moving to Newton Flotman near Norwich we went to Norway with Roy’s brother, Ted Reason, which was to become our last holiday with him. Also in 1989 our son, Peter, bought a Midas Gold kit car and because he had no garage, we said he could use ours.It was based on reconditioned mini engine…
[22] 1993 to 1998 gathering storm clouds a real-life story
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When Roy and I worked on our tomato nursery at Ardleigh, Colchester, our son, Peter, would encourage us to play Badminton but our answer was always, ‘We are too old to play badminton!’ Then when we retired and moved to Newton Flotman, near Norwich, we took up badminton!Roy was like a Jack Russel chasing a…
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Category: London girl pre WW2 and beyond – real life story
Pre war real life story:
An ex-WW1 Royal Army Medical Corps stretcher bearer in France married the daughter of Rev. John and Elizabeth Haydon in 1922.
Eight years later Christine was born and raised in South Woodford, London.
The outbreak of world war two:
An idyllic childhood came to an end in 1939 when war was declared.
She, with her mother then left London, never to return, and travelled to Buckinghamshire.
In September 1939 Christine was evacuated to an aunt in Rye, Sussex.
Due to the air battles over the Channel, she was again evacuated to her grandparents in Buckinghamshire.
From the Anderson’s shelter, they could observe the Blitz and the bombing of the London Docks…