Willow Connections: Exploring Castle Donington

[@broadgategnomefilms]

Most magic, informative and very well done.

[@greenrosenz]

Lived in CD in the 80's, great informative video, thank you.

[@mikeymarmalade]

I was born in Castle Donington and my family have been living there and Hemington for about 300 years. My family were involved in basket making. My dad also lived on Moles Row as a child. The cottages were flooded by the Trent most years so they had to have a series of planks around the ground floor to keep them above the water line. My dad also worked at the mill and several generations of female relatives for many years before that. My older sister also learnt the skill of willow working. I have researched all of the soldiers who fought in the Great War and have visited their graves/memorials, except those in Africa and Iraq

[@josiehoyle9314]

Our gg grandmother, Sara frakes was a basket weaver. She married George white who was a policeman in the 1850s. They came from castle donington then moved to tur Langton. The police house and yew tree are still there. Over the years the white family moved to Grimsby. My son who was born there met a girl from swannington . They married and now live in castle donington. They have two sons. Full circle ❤