Watlington is a very close community “My parents moved to Watlington in 1996, and I was born in the John Radcliffe Hospital in 2000. I went to Rainbow Nursery from the age of 7 months until I was three years old. I remember Petra and Kelly who used to look after me. One memory is… Continue reading Rosie Wotherspoon
Debbie Hemmins
We are extremely lucky to have such a wonderful community “I was born in Windsor – my dad was footman to the Queen and I lived in the Royal Mews until I was seven. We lived in the staff quarters, in the flats above the stables. We used the Long Walk for our garden, and… Continue reading Debbie Hemmins
Mike Wiltshire
A marvellous place “I was born in 1940 and grew up in Lane End on the Stokenchurch to Marlow road. Cricket has always been my main game. As a kid, my idol was Dennis Compton. He not only played for Middlesex and England cricket teams, but he played for Arsenal Football Club as well! That… Continue reading Mike Wiltshire
Eve Diett
It’s like one big family “I was born in 1926 in Worcester. I was in the Land Army to start off with, and then I joined the NAAFI (Navy Army and Airforce Institute). In the NAAFI, I used to work in the net bar, which was like a shop where you could get everything. The… Continue reading Eve Diett
Lindsay Howard-Dean
People are always prepared to help “My dad was an RSPCA inspector in London, and my parents went up the M40 looking for grazing for rescue animals. They ended up here in Christmas Common and rented some land from a very old Watlington family, the Englands. Eventually they bought the land and moved here permanently.… Continue reading Lindsay Howard-Dean
Karen Bradley
Watlington has that lovely warm feeling about it “I’m an Essex girl by heart but not by nature! That’s where I was brought up, in a village just outside of Saffron Walden, Essex. I lived there until my late teens, then moved to Newmarket and eventually left home at the ripe old age of… Continue reading Karen Bradley
Ron Tappin
I just like living here “I was born at home in 1932, in Lower Dean, which is just outside Watlington, and when I was very young we moved to a farm at Britwell. There are not many people here now who were born here. When I moved here, it was an orchard opposite. Next to… Continue reading Ron Tappin
