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conkers, which supplied us

with great sport. The edible
fruits, together with the odd
apple, “scrumped” from any
possible garden that we
happened to pass,. together
with the leaves of the
hawthorn bushes, especially
in spring when this foliage
was very young and known
to us as “ bread and butter”
often supplied us with a mid
day meal. Frequently we would leave home at around nine o’clock in the
morning not return until tea time. We never took food with us but occasionally a
bottle of water to drink. Which we would refill at any home that we happened to
pass in our travels
Those were wonderful days and we lived in a wonderful village, quiet with no
roads passing through on direct routes to other towns or villages. A mile to the
south there was the A3 Petersfield to Portsmouth road and a mile to the west, the
Petersfield, Chichester road. The main street was very quiet and we boys spent

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