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Mile Oak Revisited

Reunion Day: Sunday July 25th 2010

By Mary Smith

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On Sunday 25th July another reunion for the children, born between 1930 and 1950 and who grew up in Mile Oak in the 30s, 40s and 50s, was held at Mile Oak Farm. A BBQ was held and around 100 people with their families turned up. Luckily the weather held out and was quite warm. Robin Sheldon, husband of old Mile Oaker, Jean Curcher took many photos for us. A lot of the people who came were ones who came before but we were very pleased to welcome quite a few whom we hadn’t managed to catch up with last time. If there are any out there reading this we would love to hear from you on info@mileoakrevisited.co.uk

A lot of talking and catching up

People started arriving just after 11am and food was ready by noon. A lot of talking and catching up was done. After we had eaten Dave Cross, the farmer and also an old Mile Oaker, took us all on trailer rides across the Downs. All getting a bit older now we have difficulty walking too far up the Downs so this was brilliant as we went right up to the old Roman fort on top of Thunderbarrow Hill. From here we had a brilliant view right across the Downs and out to sea. If it is going to rain it is possible to see the Isle of Wight but luckily for us the sun was out and therefore we couldn’t see it although we would have liked to.

A welcome cuppa and then home

After about three quarters of an hour we arrived back at the farm to a welcome cup of tea in the farm's tea room where they now do cream teas and cakes. We then all made our way home after a very enjoyable day

This page was added on 04/09/2010.

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After the first get together of the 'kids' from the original Mile Oak estate in 2008, I wondered if many would join us this year. They did, and the weather was perfect. It was lovely to meet up with everyone again, and some new faces. Thank you all for coming along and making Mile Oak Revisited Reunion 2010 a success. Hopefully we can plan another reunion in a couple of years, depends on where, what, and who is interested. And if Mary can get all her chores done that have apparently been waiting since the last reunion to be completed. We are so lucky to have Mary in Mile Oak, such a wonderful organizer. Thanks Mary for all you managed to accomplish, also thanks to your son and friends for cooking the barbeque. Through the last two years, David Elliott has, with help from the Dream Team, published the book, Mile Oak Birth of a Community. For myself I have never had so much fun in all my travels round the world than meeting up with my childhood friends. I encourage you all to dig back into your memories of the old Mile Oak. We still want to hear the stories of "so long ago" before they slip away into the realm of "I cann't remember that far back".. you know what I mean. Surely our parent's favorite sentence when questioned about the "good old days".

By Bonnycother (06/09/2010)

Bonny, your next door neighbour was always good touch for a shilling, just pick some flowers from your garden and give them to her. Mile Oak was good for adder catching, definitely scrumping, haystack climbing, summer grass sledging, winter sledging, bomb finding, bullet finding, bluebelling, strawberry/blackberry/sloe-collecting, Roman artifacts, dew ponds, rabbiting, lizarding, chalk pit, birds nesting and more. Always made for a good childhood. Marion Ditton was OK too. Paul Abbott

By paul abbott (13/10/2010)

Hi, we really enjoyed the reunion, thanks to all who organised every thing. Our granddaughter took many photos including a few of the tractor rides and surrounding country side, if anyone would like any, email me.

By Frank Piner (14/10/2010)