Taking a break from life as a bard so, here’s a Jerusalem post…
One of the places we used to play as kids in the 1960s, was the crew yard of an old farm in the middle of the village. We knew it as “the paddock”. It was a square patch of land about the size of two tennis courts, overgrown, unused, and full of old farm machinery of another age. It was enclosed by open fronted barns and high brick walls. Like most villages these days these places have been lost to small housing developments. They are usually given an uninspiring name reflecting their history; “The Paddocks” or “Hayfield Rise” etc. Not in Scampton, former home to the WWII 617 Dambusters squadron.
Further info:
The Blitz Tea Room (this blog)
More about Jerusalem project
The Dambusters (Wikipedia)
