I was also born in Pilley in 1937. Nice to hear your recolections of the area Colin. I have several books written about the Leckhampton area and like to go back and read them once in a while to bring back those childhood memories. Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: <CScarrett@aol.com> To: <gloucester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 6:03 AM Subject: Re: [GLS] Pilley Village, Leckhampton > Hi Pauline > > I was born in Pilley Crescent in 1936. During the war everyone was > evacuated after a bomb had fallen through a house 2 doors down from us but > had not > exploded. The same night the railway bridge near Pilley was bombed and > for > many years after the war there was a narrow bridge for pedestrians. > There > was a field at the bottom of the Crescent that was open for kids to play. > This field butted up to the Delancy Hospital. At that time this was an > isolation hospital - I was in there for 6 weeks with Scarlet Fever. > > Colin > _____________________________________________ > > Browse the list archives at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GLOUCESTER/ > > Keyword search - any or all lists: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message