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RE: Чому королівська родина здавна люблять курей?
Where in England are you?
For some reason, English people like the idea of moving to the countryside and getting some chickens. Perhaps they really like eggs... or chicken 🍗
@the-gorillla I am now in Maidenhead, SL6, Cox Green.
Eggs and chickens are not liked by vegetarians:)) And living in rural areas, in my opinion, should be banned (just kidding) 😀
I was brought up just down the road from there - in Woodley (on the outskirts of Reading). I must have drive through Cox Green but I don't really know the village too well.
What brought you to Maidenhead? (A part of me is thinking this is a stupid question but it might not be!) Have you had a chance to explore the area much?
Living by the coast is much better 🙂
Hi, @the-gorillla!
I'm going to Woodley tomorrow!
The aviation museum.
https://museumofberkshireaviation.co.uk/
Our son-in-law and grandson volunteer there.
So I'll say hi to the place where you grew up! :))
Oh, fantastic, are you taking the Bentley?
I've never been to the aviation museum!!
I think that's very close to my primary school (Woodley C. of E.) which is on the old airfield (although it's now a housing estate). You might notice that a lot of the road names are named after aircraft - my school was on Hurricane Way!
I've just looked at where it is on a map - my sister lives on Colemansmoor Road!
If you have some time, Dinton Pastures is a popular place for a walk.
How old are your son-in-law and grandson?
I've just realised something... assuming that you drive down the A4, you will almost certainly drive down the road (and the home) that I grew up in (and where my mum still lives). As you turn off the A4 (left at the roundabout), you'll head down Butts Hill Road. My family home is just after the speed camera. It's a strange feeling knowing that you'll be so close to somewhere so close to my heart!
Ok. I'll have a lot of free time tomorrow in the city of your childhood. I'll stay in the museum for a while, and then I'll go for a walk. I'm already wondering if I can find the house where your mother lives. Wait until I write about it:))
My son-in-law Alex is 42 years old and his son Timothy is 10 years old.
🙂 I look forward to seeing where you walk to (my mum's road is a long road with lots of houses).
Woodley Shopping Precinct is where I used to buy my toys and sweets (although those shops are long gone). Next to that is Woodford Park, where I spent many, many hours playing by the lake and on the fields (they've built some nice, new buildings and play park since I lived there). I got kicked out of their Play Scheme (holiday club) one summer.
If you go, you'll see some wooden barriers between the road and the big hill... we used to ride our bikes down that hill and my friend hit the "dip" at the bottom, flew off his bike and his face scraping along the pavement wasn't pretty. They put up that little fence soon after.
I also used to ride down that hill on a sleigh when it snowed.
My mum still walks through that park when she goes to the shops and when she picks my niece and nephew up from school.
I was telling the-mrs-gorilla that you were visiting Woodley today and I felt an incredible wave of emotion that's impossible to explain. Almost tearful.
Speaking of schools - I'm curious as to what school Timothy goes to? He's the same age as my nephew so I wonder if they go to the same school!
It's very touching for me to read your childhood memories! I walked through the streets of Woodley today and almost felt them with my heart. I don't know if I really found your mother's house. At first I came across this house number with the street name. But the traffic camera was a little further away... You'll recognize the right photo, if there is one. Right?)))
Tim graduated from elementary school this year. I'll ask what the school is called, because I don't know.
I would like to chat with her and decided that it would be awkward to ask a woman: -is your son a Gorilla? Also, I don't know English, I'm always talking through a translator((
In the 1st photo, if you had turned around, and taken a picture of the bungalow on the opposite side of the road, you'd have my home! I now remember playing in the house next door (no. 114) - I think that his name was Chris.
Which number house did you leave the sign outside? I'll phone my mum tomorrow and see if she can find it!
I'm impressed that you got so close!
@the-gorilla😅I left it near number 109.
But I was still there - it was an interesting quest!)
I really hope that you'll take lots of photos (especially of your journey) and write a post about it!
Yes, I will definitely take a lot of photos and post too. Or maybe not just one:))
Oh, Woodley is only 10.5 miles from here - I looked on Google maps)) It's not that far!
My husband's daughter has been living here with her family for 23 years, and we come to visit them now. Because of the war in our country, they can't bring their children to us. Another reason is for us to take a break from the same war, because we live in a frontline city - Kharkov.
Thank you for your interest!
I walk along the streets of Maidenhead and I would call it a small town, not a village)))
Yes Maidenhead is definitely a town - I'd say that Cox Green is a village.
I used to go Ten Pin Bowling in Maidenhead. You could get all day 10-pin bowling and Crystal Maze for just £6.99. I doubt it's Crystal Maze any more and it might not even be a bowling alley!
Am I correct in understanding that you haven't moved here permanently?
Thanks for the advice about bowling, but I don't play it - I once tore a ligament in my right knee while bowling))
No, we haven't moved to England forever and we will soon be returning to Ukraine, to Kharkiv. I hope in a week.
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