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the son was in the choir at St. Paul's with us, but sadly he was killed during the war. Along I

continued to the
Milton Road to Non-Such Close and a big house on the left belonging to the Honourable Mrs

Beale. I got bitten by her dogs one day, and that was the last time I went there!

I continued on around to Glebelands Road and next to the home of the ex-film and stage stars

lived a Mr & Mrs Manifold. He was chauffeur to the Honourable Mrs Corfield at High
Close, which is now Dr. Barnardos. In Rectory Road lived the Greenfields who had a lot to

do with All Saints' Church, and were a very well known family. Then I went onto Wiltshire
Road, and almost opposite High Close lived the Harleys, who were something to do with the

jam people, and then on to

Henry Bowyer's Farm, and in the cottage just before the farm lived the Marshalls. Mr
Marshall worked on the farm. Along Keep Hatch Road I went to the Warren House and

opposite the pub was a farm. Mrs Burrows owned that and towards Billingbear, Mr Gale,
who was a basket-maker, lived. On I went to Billingbear Farm (Mr Sharpe) and along

Billingbear Lane and in the first bungalow there lived Mr & Mrs Maynard and behind were
two houses which belonged to

Mr & Mrs Coombes. They had a brick kiln there; it was situated in very open country.

My next call was Willmott Racing Stables and around by All Saints' Binfield church, to the

Stag and Hounds pub and then the long ride along the road opposite the pub to the Angel at
Bracknell. Bracknell was only a small village then and right in the centre of the road was a

statue of an angel in white marble. So much has been built around that area it is hardly

recognisable, but that's progress, so they say. I used to have to go from there into Binfield
and there was a little lane opposite the Roebuck pub and down the bottom was a chicken farm

owned by Mr & Mrs Gilbert. They were elderly, and she was bedridden for years, but she
had her bed in the front room, and as I walked past she would always call out and have a little

chat. He made a super cup of tea and always gave me six eggs every week. Then I went up

towards the Standard pub and down Rose Hill to Mrs Anderson and back on to the Forest
Road, with Mrs Millard in the bungalow on the left and Mrs Stevens in the house opposite.

Next I cycled up over Bill Hill Crossroads, (a terrible road crash happened there in about
1936, with a lot of people killed). Then I went on to Hurst and the Cricketers pub and The