It
is lovely to see so many attending this month’s meeting.
David
introduced Peter, a speaker we have booked for an evening in the Church, date
to be confirmed.
Peter has a wonderful sense of humour!
Alan
gave us a very interesting talk on the railway life of the Powell family and
incidents that took place. A lost suit case, and cleaning out the livestock
pens. His worse day on the railway was when the late train from Salisbury
failed at the station, it was not meant to stop! The signals were clear for it
to pass through, there was a long wait for the phone! The train was stopped for
some three hours, this was 1966. He also remembers helping guide Colesworthy
sheep along so they did not on the line.
Rosemarie
remembers traveling through on the train, not knowing she would live here one
day!
Bob
also worked on the railway for the North
Eastern at Leeds in the signal box. Being the “Youth” he was not allowed to do
certain tasks, but when his boss sneaked off to play cards he was left in
“charge”
Jenny
told us about her progress with the filming of the Fenny Bridges Battle, the
ladies of Rosemarie’s sewing group are helping with the making of a banner,
this will be a wonderful heirloom to keep in the village.
Another
interesting point made by Jenny is that the site of the Fenny Bridges may well
be on or near the Old Fenny Bridges Hotel, or Bloomfield House as it was once
known, this would have been on Skinner’s Ash Farm. It has always been a mystery
as to why no battle left overs have been found in Fenny
Mead.
Hugh
told us he was gutted as Plymouth Argyle were not doing very well!!
Thank
you all for a lively evening,
Next
meeting on Thurs. 7th Jun 8:00 in the Nog. Many thanks to Mike and
Rosemarie for hosting us.
