Holborough Then and Now Part One

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@terrymarshall9901 10 ай бұрын

Thank you Stuart, stirred so many childhood memories! We lived at 157 Holborough Road in the 50's and 60's and my father Albert (Bert Marshall) worked in the chalk quarry - used to take me once a month on a Saturday afternoon to Mr Mitchell, one of the crawler bucket excavator drivers, who had a side line as a barber. I would climb up into the cab for a short back and sides. We had free range of the overgrown, old Court gardens, with the derelict Lily Pond, where we used to fish for newts and tadpoles and climb the huge redwood tree nearby. We drank from the spring under what was the old bridge. Collected primroses and violets for mum from in between the birch trees. Made bows and arrows and catapults from branches cut from the trees. Later, I became friends with John Last, who lived in the Mill House and whose father was the Gardener for the cement works sports field etc.

@StuPCunningham 10 ай бұрын

Hi Terry, Thanks I really appreciate that you enjoyed part 1, it great hearing the details in your comment as well. Part 2 is mostly about the people who worked at the Old Factory, my Grandfather Des Crowhurst worked first as a Navvy in the 50’s & 60’s and later in the testing labs until the works shut in 1984, It was his stories along with his brothers Jim, Mick & Wim that inspired me to work on this project, I have a day job, so this has been every evening and weekend I’ve had for the last couple of months, it’s so far taken over 200 hrs and I’ve still got 3 parts left to complete 😬…… It’s been quite a challenge but worth it especially when I read comments like yours, it gives me the energy I need to keep going. Not that I’m not enjoying it, I do of course, it’s quite difficult and complicated to do and I hope I do a good enough job……Just wish I made it years ago when we could have shown it to our much missed relatives. Part 2 has a photo montage of workers first named in single/duo shots and then all the group photos I’ve collected over the years, hopefully your Dad Bert is in some of those, as it would be too messy on screen I’m not going to try and name people in the group shots. However if you have a nice photo of your Dad that you would like to send me, it would be great for him to appear named in the first part of the montage, (this also allows other viewers to spot him hopefully in the group shots that follow). Are you on Facebook? Do you still live locally?…….. Let me know if you would like your Dad named, we’ll work out how to get a photo to me somehow, Thanks again, Stu

@russbarney01 10 ай бұрын

Such a pleasure to watch and so many wonderful memories that come flooding back of moments lost in time. Thank you Stu for all your hard work in creating this lovely video

@StuPCunningham 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Russ, I’m glad you enjoyed it 😊👍

@terrymarshall9901 10 ай бұрын

Hi again Stuart, You say your father Jim Crowhurst was a Navvie in the 50's and 60's - I seem to remember the bucket excavators were called Navvies, so was your father a driver of one of these diggers? If so he probably knew my father well. Did you or one of your uncles' families live in one of the terraces near to the Prince of Wales on the same side of the road? One of my primary school friends, Diane Banfield lived in a house very close to there.

@StuPCunningham 10 ай бұрын

Hi Terry, it was my Grandad who was a Navvy, he was calling Des. Jimp, Mick and Wim were his brothers and they all worked there, (as there Dad Percy did as well). Des was a Navvy in the 50’ & 60’s then later in the testing labs until the works shut in 84. We are all from Upper Halling originally, all 4 of them were quite frequently in the Prince of Wales! Especially Wim and Des as I recall lol My Uncle Rae Terry and Aunt June lived in Victoria Cottages that were on the other side of the road to the Prince of Wales…….until the by-pass came…