Did you live on the Manor Estate in the 1930s - 50s?

[manaman]

Thanks Manaman. Your post fully expresses my thoughts. Since I've only just joined SF, I can't tell you how wonderful it is to read all these messages. These roots mean everything to me and increasingly dominate my thoughts. Regards to everyone. P.s. My parents were one of the first to move onto Wulfric when it was built in 1928, so I started Standhouse in 1932--1938 then Prince Edwards 1938-!942. Bye.

 

Hi john gilpin,

My family were latecomers to the Manor compared with your family, we didn't arrive until 1933, but we maintained a presence there until 1985.

Regards m.

[manaman]

 

I dont know who manerman is but he remembers fig trees in our garden at bottom of basseldine.

 

Hi janet,

I also remember the large figs that were on them, pity they didn't ripen.

My gran lived at 152, Queen Mary Road, next door to the O'Brians.

Do you remember the large black chow dog that was at the house up Basseldine next to the O'Brians?

Regards m.

[manaman]

Just been on phone to my sister in law was maureen benn she was laughing about the sledge on woodthorpe close janet burton nee horry

 

Hi janet burton,

I can imagine Maureen laughing about the Anderson shelter corrogated sheet. It was completely different to a sledge. The front of the sheet was curved up and it was far larger than a sledge. Therefore it was a great attraction to the kids who didn't have a sledge, in other words most kids. It didn't have any handholds, so the kids just sat on the sheet. If possible the kids would to sit near the back of the sheet which tended to lift the front of the sheet so that it would slide over small bumps. It could be guided as sorts by somebody using their "wellied" foot as a rudder. In an emergency, the kids had to try and roll off the sheet, usually with varying degrees of success.

 

The Woodthorpe Close/Manor fields run had it's own obstacles;

steep road, so high speed when reaching the bottom.

hope no vehicles are driving on Queen Mary Road,(usually few and far between in those days, especially when snow was on the ground).

remember to pack up the snow so it formed an incline up the causeway edge opposite the entrance to the Manor fields so the sheet wouldn't hit the causeway edge and tip over.

Finally, because the entrance to the fields was narrower than Woodthorpe Close, it was important to try line the sheet up with the field entrance at the top of Woodthorpe Close, but usually this appeared to be "hit and miss". So that when the sheet was heading for a fence, it was a case of "abandon sheet" before the fence was hit.

 

I also remember sledging with Anderson sheets down the farmer's fields off Manor Lane before the Manor Park estate was built.

 

Finally I still have this picture in my mind of lots and lots of kids sledging down the roads, when suddenly there is a cry of, "Copper" and in an instant all the kids and sledges disappear down footpaths, behind hedges etc. In those days we still had bobbies patrolling the streets, and whoebetide anybody caught sledging on a public highway.

Ho happy days.

Regards m.

[sarah1]

The Woodthorpe Close/Manor fields run had it's own obstacles;

steep road, so high speed when reaching the bottom.

hope no vehicles are driving on Queen Mary Road,(usually few and far between in those days, especially when snow was on the ground).

remember to pack up the snow so it formed an incline up the causeway edge opposite the entrance to the Manor fields so the sheet wouldn't hit the causeway edge and tip over.

Finally, because the entrance to the fields was narrower than Woodthorpe Close, it was important to try line the sheet up with the field entrance at the top of Woodthorpe Close, but usually this appeared to be "hit and miss". So that when the sheet was heading for a fence, it was a case of "abandon sheet" before the fence was hit.

 

I have the very same memories from when I was a kid living on Woodthorpe Close, only it was in the 80's we did this..

Many a bruised backside was had from sledging down there..

[janet burton]

 

Bells are jingling and I know there must be a connection. I lived at 191 QMRd

I know the Ellis', the Benns, the O'briens and the Mortons

 

I remember going to that house with pat ellis dont know why .Was there a big private down the right hand side of the .Funny things that come to mind.

[tatty dumps]

 

I remember going to that house with pat ellis dont know why .Was there a big private down the right hand side of the .Funny things that come to mind.

 

Pat Ellis was a friend of my daughter Susan Connolly. They used to got to St Theresa's school together.

[janet burton]

 

Pat Ellis was a friend of my daughter Susan Connolly. They used to got to St Theresa's school together.

Yes i remember .The times sally had to wash my cloths after been pushed in the pond .I dare not go home my mum would have killed me ah happy days

[download]

Hi download,

My memories of Trevor were as you and vidster had described. A man who got on with life in a quiet and effective manner, with no fuss or histronics. I remember him going to and from work on his BSA Bantam motorcycle. I am glad to hear that his final years were happy ones, he deserved them.

 

download, which brother had the the Scott motorcycle?

 

Regards m.

 

I had 3 brothers Trevor Keith and Cyril.Trevor had the Scott.and is now 84 lives in Wiltshire as I do,Keith had the Bantam.Cyril had a Norton I think.My parents first came to live on the Manor when it was built,and I was born at 136 Queen Mary Rd,moving to Cary rd when I was about 11.

Regards

[manaman]

Yes i remember .The times sally had to wash my cloths after been pushed in the pond .I dare not go home my mum would have killed me ah happy days

 

Hi janet,

It reminds me of the time I was fishing for sticklebacks in the pond. I was stood on one of the large rocks, when George O'Brian came onto the rock next to me and started throwing pebbles into the pond to scare the fish away. I eventually got fed up with this and turned and pushed him away. Unfortunately he slipped on the rock and fell headlong into the pond. There was an almighty splash and then lots of splashing as he struggled to get up. It looked like the "Creature from the Black Lagoon" emerging out of the water.

He was covered in mud and pond weed. He didn't say anything as he walked to the railings dribbling a trail of mud, slime and pondweed behind him. I don't know what his mother did to him. I decided to give the pond a miss for a week or two (discretion being preferable to valour, because he did have bigger brothers).

Ah not so happy days for some.

Regards m.

[manaman]

I had 3 brothers Trevor Keith and Cyril.Trevor had the Scott.and is now 84 lives in Wiltshire as I do,Keith had the Bantam.Cyril had a Norton I think.My parents first came to live on the Manor when it was built,and I was born at 136 Queen Mary Rd,moving to Cary rd when I was about 11.

Regards

 

Hi download,

Pleased to hear that Trevor is OK.

I remember your family living on Queen Mary Road before you moved into Edwards' old house on Cary Road. Your neighbours on Cary Road were the Clarks (remember Raymond?) and the Wilds (remember Wilfred?).

Regards m.