Royal Marine And Sea Cadets, Loxley House

[harvey19]

A long time ago now 1960/61 when I was a Royal marine cadet at Loxley House.

There were marine, sea and gntc there.

We met one night a week and Sunday morning.

The sea cadet band used to play in the area .

I recall wearing the ammo boots, blue uniform with the dog collar and peaked cap.

 

[DeWasteney]

I remember Loxley House because my first serious girlfriend lived with her parents in the Lodge at the end of the driveway - that would be mid-1958 to late 1962

 

Unfortunately, like her parents, she is now deceased along with her husband

 

On the other side of Ben Lane just a bit higher up than the driveway entrance there was a family with a daughter who lived in one of the semi-detached houses. Her mother was the sister of Reginald Dixon, who was the well-known organ player at Blackpool. When he visited, he was in his Rolls Royce. I think the girl may have been called Julia

 

Mmm your post takes me back over 60 years

 

Regards - Victor M Hutchinson - Malaysia

[harvey19]

1 hour ago, DeWasteney said:

I remember Loxley House because my first serious girlfriend lived with her parents in the Lodge at the end of the driveway - that would be mid-1958 to late 1962

 

Unfortunately, like her parents, she is now deceased along with her husband

 

On the other side of Ben Lane just a bit higher up than the driveway entrance there was a family with a daughter who lived in one of the semi-detached houses. Her mother was the sister of Reginald Dixon, who was the well-known organ player at Blackpool. When he visited, he was in his Rolls Royce. I think the girl may have been called Julia

 

Mmm your post takes me back over 60 years

 

Regards - Victor M Hutchinson - Malaysia

Was the girl called Susan whose family lived n the lodge.?

[DeWasteney]

No, her name was Christine Whiteley, in 1960 she would have been 22 - her birthday was in February, I think 

 

Regards - VMH - Malaysia - hot and sunny at 91 degrees and 8 hours ahead of the UK

[harvey19]

8 minutes ago, DeWasteney said:

No, her name was Christine Whiteley, in 1960 she would have been 22 - her birthday was in February, I think 

 

Regards - VMH - Malaysia - hot and sunny at 91 degrees and 8 hours ahead of the UK

Susan was about 10 years younger and we went to school at the same time.

[DeWasteney]

Whiteleys had lived at the lodge for many years so no idea who Susan would be.

 

I think the lodge would have been sold after Christine's parents died - Percy and Kit Whiteley

 

I know Christine married a lad she knew from the local church, named John Grantham and they bought a house in the village. I think he worked for an insurance company. I spoke to them on the phone briefly many years ago, maybe about 16 or 17 years ago before I left the UK for Malaysia. I moved to Driffield in East Yorkshire in 1968 and lost contact with people I knew in the Sheffield area

 

I think Christine died, maybe, 6 or 7 years ago and John about 2 years later

 

Regards - Victor M  H - Malaysia