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Martha Pardoe is mentioned on this one.

Jan 1954 Church Walk, Ward End compulsory purchase for improvement of highways

June 1958…House Building Committee proposes to buy compulsorily a caravan site in Church Walk in Ward End. The land has been used as a
Caravan site for more than 25 years, now wanted for permanent houses.

July 1951
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Jan 1954 Church Walk, Ward End compulsory purchase for improvement of highways

June 1958…House Building Committee proposes to buy compulsorily a caravan site in Church Walk in Ward End. The land has been used as a
Caravan site for more than 25 years, now wanted for permanent houses.

July 1951
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Herbert died in 1957, so both the houses stood empty for many years. There was a chap by the name of Joe Dainty who lived at the Pardoe’s property. For many years. The story’s goes he was left at the house as a small boy and the Pardoe’s gave him accommodation. He acted like a caretake for the houses until they were demolished on the 60’s. They built a church hall on the site which in turn is now gone and houses built on the site.

With all of that made up ground from Herberts sandpit I hope the site engineers did their job.
 
Hello Morturn, i got my Cress mixed up with Sage. It seems stories vary between food poisoning from contaminated duck to stuffing contaminated by a toad .Here is the piece in the book.
 

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