Sally and Barbara after they moved next door to each other in Danefield Rd in the 1950s.
Barbara lived originally in the old part of Stoney Yard,
A plan showing in red the extent of the Stoney yard cottages. Barbara lived in the one second in from high St. You can see the privy and out buildings on the plan
The cottage in 1908
A photograph taken before the extension was built.
Barbara’s grandma Kate Chamberlain lived in Palmers Row opposite Blacksmiths Pond. The cottages were built by Mr Palmer the Shillington butcher, replacing an old farmhouse on the site.
Davis Crescent was named after Councillor Ernest Davis of Rectory Farm. The council houses were built after the First World War for returning soldiers.
A view from the church tower in the early 1950s showing the first houses built in Danefield
These council houses were built after the Second World War
