Tennis Court to Hambe Close - Revision history

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 ''The building was used as a distribution centre and provided welcome employment, particularly for women with children, who could work flexible hours to fit in with their family life''.
-'''THE ROAD to PLANNING PERMISSION   research by Joan West'''
+'''THE ROAD to PLANNING PERMISSION   research by Joan West   click [[Palmer and Harvey site]] for details of this'''
 The Planning application for the Palmer and Harvey site was fraught with village comment, as Hallmark was to bear witness.

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 During WW2 Harold Carter transferred his business, Carters Merchants Ltd, an import and export company, from the City of London to the tennis court in Lacey Green.
-'''REPORT by WINNIE WOOD, later Mrs STAN RIXON                                                                                                                                                          '''                  My sister had worked for Carters Merchants Ltd, in the City of London, an import and export company.   The Carter family had bought Grymsdyke House in 1922. They also owned the indoor tennis court built by ex-vicar William Robson in Church Lane.   Mr Carter, the chairman of the company, decided to transfer the business to Lacey Green for the duration of the war.   He converted the tennis court into staff accommodation and offices.
+'''REPORT by WINNIE WOOD, later Mrs STAN RIXON                                                                                                                                                    '''My sister had worked for Carters Merchants Ltd, in the City of London, an import and export company.   The Carter family had bought Grymsdyke House in 1922. They also owned the indoor tennis court built by ex-vicar William Robson in Church Lane.   Mr Carter, the chairman of the company, decided to transfer the business to Lacey Green for the duration of the war.   He converted the tennis court into staff accommodation and offices.
 Dormitories either end for single men and single women, and offices in the middle, also a kitchen and dining room.  It was the end of the building’s prestigious life as a tennis court.

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-'''''Research by Joan West'''''
+'''''Research by Joan West to 1946, continued by Miles Marshall. Also a report by Winnie Wood (Mrs Stan Rixon) and a letter from Liz Lewin of [[Hambe Close]] in 2021'''''
-'''''Researcher’s Note.''''' ''  In March 2021 I asked Ronnie and Liz Lewin to give an update on life in Hambe Close.  Liz sent the following reply.''
+'''THE INDOOR TENNIS COURT'''   Research by Joan West to 1946 when Miles Marshall takes over the story, and a report by Winnie Wood, later Mrs Stan Rixon, who worked there for Carter’s during the second world war and report of Hambe Close 2021 by Ronnie & Liz Lewin.   See [[Hambe Close]]
 '''A UNIQUE BUILDING'''

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 '''''Researcher’s Note.''''' ''  In March 2021 I asked Ronnie and Liz Lewin to give an update on life in Hambe Close.  Liz sent the following reply.''
-'''2021.   LETTER FROM HAMBE CLOSE (established 1993) from Liz Lewin'''
+'''2021.   LETTER FROM HAMBE CLOSE (established 1993) from Liz Lewin   See [[Hambe Close]]'''
 Hambe Close is a joyful place in which to live.   The nine houses are carefully placed so that they offer as much privacy as possible. We are particularly lucky to live in the corner which gives us the advantage of a garden that goes round the house on three sides.

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 Phyllis Adams also worked there and when I came to visit my sister, accommodation was found for me with Phyllis`s parents, Fred and Minnie Adams, who was a very friendly person and made me very welcome.  I stayed there several weeks.   At this time it was difficult for companies to get staff and I was offered a job with Carters.   I decided to accept, never thinking that I would still be in Bucks 70 years later.
-'''A FALSE CEILING                                                                                                                                                                                ''' As you can imagine the tennis court had a very high roof.   The source of heat was mainly electric and paraffin oil heaters so most of that rose and went out through the roof.   A false ceiling was eventually put in and things improved a great deal.
+'''A FALSE CEILING.'''   As you can imagine the tennis court had a very high roof.   The source of heat was mainly electric and paraffin oil heaters so most of that rose and went out through the roof.   A false ceiling was eventually put in and things improved a great deal.
 '''OTHER ACCOMODATION'''

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 Garden Cottage 2, later 5 employees.   (This was not Court Cottage)
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 '''PRE WW2 TENNIS'''
-Eric Boorman, whose father was Head Gardener to Carter at Grymsdyde and lived in the gardener’s cottage, remembers the court well as a splendid place to play tennis.   It was very well appointed with both ladies’ and gentlemen’s washing and changing facilities, but had a tiresome echo.   He was allowed to play himself when the family were not using the court.   Mrs Church, who until her marriage lived with her parents, the Brown’s, at The Crown, clearly remembers this echo which could be heard inside the Inn.   She has helped me with much detail in this story… The Carters often held tennis parties and would entertain the current Wimbledon stars such as Hellen Jacobs.
+Eric Boorman, whose father [[Charles Boorman]] was Head Gardener to Carter at Grymsdyke and lived in the gardener’s cottage, remembers the court well as a splendid place to play tennis.   It was very well appointed with both ladies’ and gentlemen’s washing and changing facilities, but had a tiresome echo.   He was allowed to play himself when the family were not using the court.   Mrs Church, who until her marriage lived with her parents, the Brown’s, at The Crown, clearly remembers this echo which could be heard inside the Inn.   She has helped me with much detail in this story… The Carters often held tennis parties and would entertain the current Wimbledon stars such as Hellen Jacobs.
 '''WORLD WAR 2'''
-It was of course the last war that put a stop to all the tennis when Mr Carter evacuated his staff from the City of London to Lacey Green.    He built an air raid shelter for the staff near Court Cottage.   Mrs Winnie Rixon writes about working there very clearly (see above).
+It was of course the last war that put a stop to all the tennis when Mr Carter evacuated his staff from the City of London to Lacey Green.    He built an air raid shelter for the staff near Court Cottage.   Mrs Winnie Rixon, wife of Stan Rixon, writes about working there very clearly (see above).
 '''TELEGRAM DELIVERY'''

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 Despite all the adverse comments the natives are really quite friendly and just think that after the last most recently named and in my view, unimaginatively baptised street in the village (Violet Close) you might have been stuck with Buttercup End or Poppy Way.
-   Stuart King, Holly Tree Cottage, Kiln Lane.   {{Property
+   Stuart King, Holly Tree Cottage, Kiln Lane.
 |Construction Era=1823 Enclosures Record, 1900-1949
 |Type of Property=Land
 |Village=Lacey Green
 }}