Difference between revisions of "WW2"
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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. | ||
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| + | '''REPORT by WINNIE WOOD, later Mrs STAN RIXON click [[Stan & Winnie Rixon]] for their own life story ''' 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 some years before. 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. | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
Revision as of 05:46, 14 December 2023
WW2 started 1st September 1939 it ended 2nd July 1945 in Europe and ended May 8th 1945 in Japan
Click Bomber Command for Bomber Command Headquarters and RAF officers houses were built in the woods at the far south of Lacey Green.
Click Lacey Green Airfield for details
Also Click 1944 Stocken Farm Airfield for more details and photos
Click the New Road for details
Click 1945 Standard rationing WW2 for details
Click The Home Guard for details
Click The Windmill for details of Home Guard lookout duties there
CONVERTED in WW2
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 click Stan & Winnie Rixon for their own life story 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 some years before. 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.