Alverstoke

Alverstoke

Told by Daphne Williams, whose parents Eric & Jessie Boorman moved in when they married in July 1937. click Edwin & Daphne Williams for Daphne's Life Story

Alverstoke, Pink Road, Lacey Green, was built in 1936/7 by J W Saunders & Co of Lacey Green (my mum's brother in law) and was named after the town in Hampshire where my parents spent their honeymoon.

It was built with electricity but no mains water -- water had to be pumped up to the tank in the roof from a tank outside until mains water was connected to the house. It had a fairly modern bathroom but the one and only toilet was downstairs in an outhouse joined to the house.

It had a range for cooking which was later replaced by a Rayburn in the late 50s. Also at that time the built-in wash-boiler in the corner of the kitchen (where the fire had to lit under it to boil the water) was taken away.

The telephone was not connected until the early 70s.

My Mum died on Christmas Day 1977 and Dad found it hard to live at Alverstoke without her. He subsequently sold the property to Mr and Mrs Longhurst and moved to Princes Risborough.

Mr and Mrs Longhurst purchased Alverstoke from Eric Boorman. Alan & Ann Cutter who moved into Pink Road, said that Graham Longhurst was living at Alverstoke in 1990.

1939 Register (census) Eric C Boorman, chairmaker, born 11 March 1910. Jessie E Boorman, born 11 November 1910. Owen S Smith born 23.January 1877, wood turner,

Hallmark August 1986. Planning Application. Two storey side and rear extension at Alverstoke, Pink Road.