Janice, a little bit of history of the area. Where Daylesford Road takes off Lyndon Road all the way up to what was Garners Greengrocery shop was originally a dairy farm. Opposite 275 and 277 Lyndon Road were the milking sheds. After 1940 when the Germans were trying to bomb the Rover factory, which they completely missed, we ended up with about 3 or 4 bomb craters within a couple of hundred yards of Lyndon Road. This included at least one crater on the Rover sports field. On the same land as the sports field, was stationed an Ack Ack Battery, protected by a Barrage Balloon. On one night, with a reasonable wind, the Barrage Balloon broke its tether and drifted towards Lyndon Road, dragging the tether with it. Somehow it got caught at No 287 Lyndon Road (Ken & Connie Cook) and see-sawed on their roof, causing unbelievable panic for the Cooks. Dad was an ARP Warden on duty that night and was the one who had to 'calm them down'. After the war, as usually happens, the craters filled with (rain) water. On a weekend, Dad would take a small fishing rod and a camp chair and go and sit at one of the ponds, making out he was busy fishing. But I believe he was just relaxing and 'getting away from it all'.
Then, the roads went in. Houses started going up and Lyndon School grew up out of the fields. A connection here. Dad was appointed one of the first Governors of Lyndon School. My brother and I used to sit at our bedroom window (279 Lyndon Rd, right opposite Daylesford Road) and watch the cranes building the school. Oh happy days! And I can still see it all. Peter.