Hi y'all...as we say over here. So very interesting to see the box of interests re-opened some 18 years following the last post. Keith, I'm so happy you've re-connected to some branches of the family tree. This has given me some stimulus to trace some of my family tree. So I gather that Nora was my kind Nanny's first name. I must now beg forgiveness for some false memory: Nora, as I now know her first name, did not have a Ken nor anyone I recall living with her. Ken was the son of our neighbor where we moved nearby some months later. I don't know how she kept up the rather large property, it was picturesque and she was constantly tending to things. I had a vague idea of wealth by age 10 and she did seem quite comfortable in that respect. We did live "next door", but it was within the same building, I suppose modified along the way to allow a portion to be rented out. To the left of Blue House was a vegetable garden that Nanny tended. I sort of remember a small greenhouse also. In front was the typical kept lawn and hedges. The lawn continued to the right and around to the back of home and was beautifully kept with rose and flower gardens separated by short hedges and paths, very picturesque. Seems her property was about 1-2 acres, unless the vacant field behind was also hers. I recently saw an ad for Blue House Cottage for sale, following an earlier sale in 2016. That's too bad seeing as it had been in the same family for so long. Perhaps Nora had no heirs interested in keeping it after she passed in 1980 (as posted earlier, although I thought a later date), so the home has changed hands a few times since then. There's no need to knock on the door should we tour England again, as it's so very different now. I shall visit the Kings Head, St. Thomas Church, perhaps St. Cedd's school and of course show the wife St. Peter's Chapel down on the Wall.
I am so sincerely sorry for the stir over the non-existent Ken (in this case). Best to all, and TTFN.
