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Location: Bangor,Gwynedd.
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Good afternoon, I do not know the name of the person who posted the enquiry about Taxal Edge Convalescent Home in 1959. My elder brother Fred and i also stayed at the home in the 1950s although i am not sure of the exact year. Fred sadly passed away earlier this year. My memory of the home is somewhat vague, but recollections are happy ones, i do recall a Mr and Mrs buller in charge, their sons name was "Andrew", at the time my brother and i were there Andrew and Fred were the same age, so used to play together. other members of the staff i can remember are Mr John Gibson, who made sure we bathed each night and were in bed on time. There was a lady staff member, though i do not recall her name. i do remember we all used to walk down into Whaley Bridge on a Saturday morning, accompanied of course by the staff, we were allowed to buy anything our pocket money could at the various shops in the village, and then back up the hill to the home, i remember at Taxal, they had a goat whos name was "Rupert", he lived within the grounds. Also in the grounds was an apple orchard, try keeping twenty or so children away from that, it was not until we were sick that we found out that they were crabapples, not for eating... that was in the 1950s, about twenty years later in the 70s, Fred and i worked together on removals, and one house removal took us to Whaley Bridge, we could not be so close without a visit to Taxal Edge Covalescent Home again, so we called about lunch time, Mr and Mrs Buller were still there, and insisted that we stay for lunch, which we did, We sat down with the children that were there at the time, at the tables Fred and i used to sit years earlier, the chairs seemed so small, and we could not get our legs under the table. but enjoy it we did...Thank-you for the memories Mr and Mrs Buller, and staff...
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