Reg and Joan Bolt
From Lacey Green History
Research by Joan West
In 2003 Reg and Joan Bolt came to live at Chilterns View, Foundry Lane, Loosley Row.
RAF Sergeant Reginald "Reg" Charles Bolt.
In 1939 Reg enlisted in the RAF at Cardinton, Lincolnshire, aged 18. Research Note His widow revealed that he had been about to go to university, but enlisted so that he could choose which service to join. She also said that he did not want to become an officer, preferring to be “Hands-on”.
Post war University, graduating in Engineering.
In 1953 Reg married Joan Day. They lived in Bromley, Kent,
Research Note. Finding out about Reg Bolt's RAF career was virtually Impossible. Both his widow and his RAF friends could only say that everything he did was utmost secret and he never talked about it.
For the history of Reg's Career click RAF Local Residents.
Hallmark October 1989. Joan Bolt wrote a letter to Ted Janes, the Editor of Hallmark -
Dear Mr Janes,
Unaccustomed as I am to "Public Writing" I feel I must reply to the article entitled "Battle of the Bin Liner". Remember the men who collect your rubbish are only following rules. Did not we all receive a small printed card telling us that if there were under five people in the household we were only entitled to one bag (black plastic!). It would be as well to reflect that if every household has as they saw fit to ask for we would probably have to pay more on our rates.
So many people overload the refuse collectors, when the tip is within spitting distance and a lovely ride out.
I have a soft spot for my friends the refuse collectors. They have helped me out of some very tricky situations e.g. being locked out. I, in return, have bathed and bandaged bleeding hands caused by careless householders putting broken crocks and glass, insufficiently wrapped, into their black bags.
Thank God for refuse collectors I say. Would you like to do their job? I wouldn't - ALL THOSE SMELLS -God Bless them one and all.
Editor's Note. I greatly appreciate the refuse collectors and the way, despite an adverse job, and sometimes inclement weather, they remain so cheerful. But the great storm of protest has had an effect, the District Council have relented and the one bag rule no longer applies.