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A kid's life in Cecil Road Hertford in the 1950s

Memories of Philip Wright and his mother, Stefanie, nee Schalk.

  • A kid's life in Cecil Road Hertford in the 1950s

    A kid's life in Cecil Road Hertford in the 1950s

    Prefabs, Cecil Road, Horns Mill, Hertford It is interesting that in later life when reflecting back on personal memories that it ...
  • A kids life in Cecil Road.

    A kids life in Cecil Road.

    All the kids, not just from Horns Mill, but more from Cecil Road will remember the great experiences we had ...
  • Adventures on the wasteland

    Adventures on the wasteland

    D’you know what, there are certain memories that a kid retains about the freedom and excitement out playing in all ...
  • American Car on Horns Mill

    American Car on Horns Mill

    The boy in the car is Alan Dunnage.  If anyone knows who the girls are please let us know.
  • Children in Cecil Road Pits, circ 1958

    Children in Cecil Road Pits, circ 1958

    The children are Jennifer Jeffcoate, Johnathan Jeffcoate and “an angelic” Eric Riddle.
  • Eric Riddle 1957

    Eric Riddle 1957

  • Jennifer Jeffcoate & Eric Riddle in late 1950s

    Jennifer Jeffcoate & Eric Riddle in late 1950s

    Jennifer Jeffcoate and Eric Riddle over the pits in the late 1950s.
  • Me, (Philip Wright) as a Scout as a boy from Cecil Road.

    Me, (Philip Wright) as a Scout as a boy from Cecil Road.

    Some of us Cecil Road kids were in the scouts and I was also in the St. John Ambulance Brigade ...
  • Prefabs on Horns Mill

    Prefabs on Horns Mill

    The first photograph was taken from Prefab 52, circa 1958. The fields in background provided the children’s route to Morgan’s ...
  • Stefanie Wright's Story

    Stefanie Wright's Story

    Mother’s Story An Interview by Philip Wright, with my mother Stefanie Wright, nee Schalk. From her childhood through to her arrival in ...
  • The journey of a childhood memory retraced by Eric Riddle

    The journey of a childhood memory retraced by Eric Riddle

    Since only in the last year or year and a half I have had the great pleasure to get back ...
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