We used to love playing in the pit building camps and playing cowboys and Indians and also going bird nesting in the fields and hedges towards the black bridge Yes guy faulks was an exciting time and my brother Nigel used to collect wood for weeks to build a big bonfire in our back garden He was biggest earner for Bob a job in Cubs in early 1960s for 1st Hertford scout group C/0 Mrs woodcock
The girls in the photo I believe are Alan’s two younger sisters Nina and Stephanie Dunnage They lived in no 80 Cecil Road My name is Cecil McDonnell and I lived with my brother Nigel in no 78 until it burnt in house fire December 1961 then we moved into no 72
seeing the American car in the photo in Cecil road reminded me of my time at Waters Place , we used to see a lot of American soldiers and Jeeps going past our cottage . We lived in the workers cottages over the river and railway , from Waters Place farm . There would be somewhere around twenty such vehicles at a time crossing the railway and then over the ford on their way to the main road between Ware and Wareside .Does anyone know where they were stationed ? They would pass by every week or so , and we would shout to them ` got any chewing gum chum ` and cup our hands to catch the chocolates and sweets that they would throw to us .
By viv cooper (08/01/2020)
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We used to love playing in the pit building camps and playing cowboys and Indians and also going bird nesting in the fields and hedges towards the black bridge
Yes guy faulks was an exciting time and my brother Nigel used to collect wood for weeks to build a big bonfire in our back garden
He was biggest earner for Bob a job in Cubs in early 1960s for 1st Hertford scout group C/0 Mrs woodcock
The girls in the photo I believe are Alan’s two younger sisters Nina and Stephanie Dunnage
They lived in no 80 Cecil Road
My name is Cecil McDonnell and I lived with my brother Nigel in no 78 until it burnt in house fire December 1961 then we moved into no 72
That is myself and my sister Nina in the car with my brother Alan . The car belonged to our uncle .
seeing the American car in the photo in Cecil road reminded me of my time at Waters Place , we used to see a lot of American soldiers and Jeeps going past our cottage . We lived in the workers cottages over the river and railway , from Waters Place farm . There would be somewhere around twenty such vehicles at a time crossing the railway and then over the ford on their way to the main road between Ware and Wareside .Does anyone know where they were stationed ? They would pass by every week or so , and we would shout to them ` got any chewing gum chum ` and cup our hands to catch the chocolates and sweets that they would throw to us .