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masey |
1. RE: The bowmen
Jul 8 2008, 7:42 PM EDT
Am I mistaken or was Bowmans Lodge used for a while as a tearoom???Steve Parker
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Jul 9 2008, 3:21 AM EDT
I am told - 'cos I wasn't around then - that it was used as a tea room. I believe it was used between the wars and just after as such. My memory goes back to the late '50s and all I can remember is a rambling, dark and tired looking old building - quite scary to a young lad. Believe it was knocked down when the sand pit was being used as a landfill site, in the early 70s. Two new houses stand on it's footprint.
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Oct 4 2008, 12:52 PM EDT
I remember Bowmans Lodge from the '50s & '60s. We used it sometimes when it was a tea room & after playing football on the adjacent heath. A middle aged couple with a son ran it. When I was a student doing a Christmas job as a postman, I used to deliver there. Unfortunately the mother of the family died relatively young from leukaemia & shortly thereafter the house was vacated. The archery connection is also reflected in Bowmans Rd., some hundreds of yards to the east & off Station Rd.
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