Tower and Town, September 2021 (view the full edition)Reader's LetterHello, I have just read the article by Alan Crook (Just a Chat, Tower and Town July 2021) that brought home to me many connections from my earlier years spent in Alexandra Terrace, Marlborough, only a few yards from Alan's home. Alan's sister Jean was in the same class as me at the Grammar School in 1948, although a year or two older than me. She later married my next door neighbour, Colin Horwood. My best friend at School was David Spackman whose family managed the Rockley Manor farm and herd of pedigree Guernsey cattle for Lord Hardwicke. Mr Bradbrook, Joan's father, was the butler there and I had a Saturday job at the Manor taking the week's logs up to the nanny's room on the top floor, via the back stairs. Mr Bradbrook and I got on well, and I always had a bottle of wine from him at Christmas. I remember that the Bradbrooks lived in the first cottage on the left on entering Rockley. Joan's brother Robert was a year or two older than me and had a younger brother. I remember Joan as a rather elegant young lady riding her bike to Marlborough. All this is about seventy years ago, but my memory is still good. I would be grateful if you could pass these brief comments on to Alan and hope he keeps up his obvious good health. Best wishes, Garth Pearce, Hythe, Southampton (where I have lived for the past 53 years) Gareth Pearce |