Gardening

The front garden to the left of No 3 was mainly lawn and side flower beds, and this layout is very much still intact; the vibrant orange pyracantha still flourishes each year.

Flowers and lawn were mother's domain; father did not do much with flowers in the front garden. The front hedge grew abundantly, and was much gossipped over by my mother with her later neighbour, Toni. When widowed, my mother became involved in an animal charity, the Kit Wilson Trust, and would sell bric a brac from a wallpaper table in the front garden each summer's day to raise funds for them.

The rear garden beyond the bike shed had a grassed over area leading to 2 greenhouses and a chicken house / shed.There were several old pear trees - but the soil was always a bit dry and dusty.

In the chicken run a forge apple tree stood which was great for climbing but the apples were of questionable quality.

Animals