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| − | In 1965 Derek & Ursula Glyn Jones purchased Cairndale. click [[1965 The Glyn-Jones' buy "Cairndale"]] | + | The house 'Cairndale' was built about 1939 on the west side of the Main Road, Lacey Green and was used for RAF personnel until 1965. |
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| + | '''In 1965 Derek & Ursula Glyn Jones purchased Cairndale'''. click [[1965 The Glyn-Jones' buy "Cairndale"]] | ||
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| + | Ursula Glyn Jones said "We knew our house had always been occupied by [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/RAF RAF] people and that we were the first civilians. Dick& Hilda West from Stocken Farm, opposite, were friends with [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Air-Vice-Marshall_Cannon Air-Vice-Marshall Cannon] and his wife, who had lived in the house and through his connections with India and Pakistan they had had Indira Ghandi to stay with them – in our house! There was a bell indicator board in the kitchen, with bells in every room, which we soon got rid of – too tempting for the children. Hilda said that they called it their "Dolls House" - tiny in comparison with theirs in India no doubt. They later moved to a large House near Penn. For more about Air Vice-Marshall Cannon (Bill & 'Tiddler') click [[RAF Local Residents]]. | ||
Revision as of 04:14, 6 May 2023
Research by Joan West
The house 'Cairndale' was built about 1939 on the west side of the Main Road, Lacey Green and was used for RAF personnel until 1965.
In 1965 Derek & Ursula Glyn Jones purchased Cairndale. click 1965 The Glyn-Jones' buy "Cairndale"
Ursula Glyn Jones said "We knew our house had always been occupied by RAF people and that we were the first civilians. Dick& Hilda West from Stocken Farm, opposite, were friends with Air-Vice-Marshall Cannon and his wife, who had lived in the house and through his connections with India and Pakistan they had had Indira Ghandi to stay with them – in our house! There was a bell indicator board in the kitchen, with bells in every room, which we soon got rid of – too tempting for the children. Hilda said that they called it their "Dolls House" - tiny in comparison with theirs in India no doubt. They later moved to a large House near Penn. For more about Air Vice-Marshall Cannon (Bill & 'Tiddler') click RAF Local Residents.