In The Name Of Adversity

A Memory of Hixon.

My family lived adjacent to the fields which were designated for the Hixon Aerodrome.  I remember well standing against the garden fence seeing the location being prepared for the runways, and watching the workmen erecting the hangars.  My mum would make the workmen billy-cans of tea.  My age was 7 years.  It became necessary for our house to come under the hammer due to the hazardous location.  My family and I were moved into a requisitioned house in the village of Gayton, approx 4/5 miles away.  I have many memories of my formative years in the village of Hixon, maybe I will share more with you another time. Sylvia M.W. Davis Pugh (nee Smith) Ontario, Canada.

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