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February 2024.  I had known Gordon and Margaret Gray and their son Oliver for a long time but
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'''February 2024.''' I had known Gordon and Margaret Gray and their son Oliver for a long time but actually didn't know a lot about them.
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I knew that Margaret had organised a Flower and Wedding Dress exhibition for The Local History Group - at which time she joined the group and helped with other exhibitions, but did not do 'research'.
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I just knew there was more to know about Margaret, but she protested that she was not interesting.
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With my 'Researcher's Hat' on, I asked Margaret if she would come for a coffee and tell me more.  Margaret, I now realise, is one of those people who doesn't know how to say "No" when asked to help.
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'''1st Question.  Why did you and Gordon come to Lacey Green'''?
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1982/3.  Living in Flackwell Heath on a noisy road, Gordon hoped to move to a house on a quieter road.  They found the perfect place in [[Kiln Lane]], Lacey Green.  It was at that time just the foundations of a house, on the site of [[Apple Tree Cottage]], which had been lived in by Mr & Mrs Adams.

Revision as of 12:39, 3 February 2024

Reporting by Joan West.

February 2024. I had known Gordon and Margaret Gray and their son Oliver for a long time but actually didn't know a lot about them.

I knew that Margaret had organised a Flower and Wedding Dress exhibition for The Local History Group - at which time she joined the group and helped with other exhibitions, but did not do 'research'.

I just knew there was more to know about Margaret, but she protested that she was not interesting.

With my 'Researcher's Hat' on, I asked Margaret if she would come for a coffee and tell me more. Margaret, I now realise, is one of those people who doesn't know how to say "No" when asked to help.

1st Question. Why did you and Gordon come to Lacey Green?

1982/3. Living in Flackwell Heath on a noisy road, Gordon hoped to move to a house on a quieter road. They found the perfect place in Kiln Lane, Lacey Green. It was at that time just the foundations of a house, on the site of Apple Tree Cottage, which had been lived in by Mr & Mrs Adams.