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This message was updated on 1/13/2005 9:53:23 PM by MoltoVivace

Aldercar Hall
replied on: 1/4/2005 9:11:47 PM

I have memories of Aldercar Hall in the late 1950s when my step father and I went with a flat lorry to take the owner of Aldercar Hall to a new residence, a small-holding, which was on the right side of the road from Hill top to 'The Horse and Groom' pub at Moorgreen. We had become friends with her, and she did have some type of chickens which she used to breed with, she told us they were a rare breed of Polish Bantams,which were very nervous birds. Yes she was a school teacher at the time, and her name was Miss EVA ALLCOCK. This is no joke I assure you. The bantams were so highly-strung, if that's the right word, that while taking down one of the sheds, one side fell to the ground; and three of the bantams immediately dropped dead from fright! She was eccentric to say the least. You are right about the painting, just one of many, along with jewelery, pocket watches, and a host of other valubles, what a weekend we had there! I was 18 years old at the time, and she gave me a French Silver 'Seal Ring'which I still have. The hall had been damaged by subsidence, said to be from Ormonde Colliery! I have other memories of EVA; she was rather like Margaret Rutherford the old fim star,I thought; but a truly wonderful person even to an 18 year old. Her home at Moorgreen is now converted to a luxury residence. If you want to know more--just ask!

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