Plumpton, The Village c.1955
Photo ref: P294003
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A Selection of Memories from Plumpton

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At the time this was taken, the pub/farm were being run by Ernest and Maggie Hetherington. They had it from 1945 until the early 1960s.
This is actually my father's memory, told to me as I am researching our family history. My father, Douglas March, grew up in Plumpton Green from 1931 - 1944. He lived with his parents and sister, at a house called Hilltop, at the top of the main road until about 1941-42, when a parachute bomb damaged the house. The family moved further back down into the village to a house called Fir Croft, ...see more