Picture gallery (homes and pubs)

The former homes featured include my childhood homes at Mablethorpe, Marshfield, Chippenham and Swindon as well as the last home I actually owned in Basingstoke. The main omission among the childhood homes is the one in Montrose, to where my mother decided to return for the duration of my father's particularly long overseas assignment with the RAF. I expect to rectify the absence of this house in due course. As for the absence of my own homes since I left my parents in 1973, pictures of them were mostly not taken, although I might have expected them to have a picture of my former Leeds home.

Even if I had a picture of my Leicester home (which I don't), I wouldn't publish it for security reasons. I like to be open on ythe internet, but even I have my limits.

The only pubs featured in the pictures are from Marshfield. The Lord Nelson was opposite the house I lived in. I remembered the name of the family who ran the pub at the time (Flower), but not the pub name. The picture told me its name, but it didn't ring a bell in my mind. The other pub featured is the Shoe Inn, which name I always remembered. It was actually outside the village itself. When I lived in Marshfield, all east-west traffic went through the village itself, but soon after I left, a bypass was built around the village. Later still, the M4 took away a lot of traffic from the road via the Shoe Inn, so that probably explains why it is now a private house.