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Kitsbury Terrace, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 3EL

The passage ran between private gardens to this point, then crossed the cul-de-sac portion of Montague Road and continued past the large house on the right. This was in the main part of Montague Road. It was demolished and a block of flats erected on the site. Further down the passage on the left was a rough piece of ground where there was a World War II air raid shelter. The nearer street light was clockwork driven and a man, with a bicycle and a ladder, used to pay regular visits to maintain it and the others in the town.

These houses are actually situated in a cul-de-sac off this road but Montague Road forms part of the postal address. The white house is called "Appledore" and was where I lived with my parents from 1951-1967. The bungalow was built between 1967 and 1970 in this part of the garden see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1782875 which my father sold for £2000.

My paternal grandfather moved to Berkhamsted from Wallington, Surrey in the mid 1910s so that his two sons could attend Berkhamsted School. Ronhead is the left hand part of the semi in this view. The former owners of this house were a family called Leys, whose son (Colin McLaren) appears on this link http://www.bedfordregiment.org.uk/8thbn/8thbtnofficersdied.html

Forty years on a very tall hedge obscured much of the former view see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1756312

This view was taken soon after the removal van of S Dell and Son had arrived at 08:10 to convey the contents of the house Image to the Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club Image the following day. My parents and I stayed overnight at The Roebuck Hotel, Wych Cross Image

This view was taken by my father George Baker outside Image The motorbike, with the number plate NK 7927, was equipped with a sidecar.

View taken by my late father George Baker. In 1924 the house possessed a front gate unlike in 2010 see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2111152

Possibly taken into the sun but submitted to show another view of the house seen at the top of the road Image from another angle.

The area of garden nearer to the camera was sold for building in 1966 see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1756312 for £2000. Unfortunately it incurred a land tax of 40%. On 16 January 1967 we moved from here to the Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1775390

The passage crosses a cul-de-sac (which is the sealed surface in this view) sometimes known as Angle Place but more commonly as Montague Road. Back in 1970 see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1764041 the street light seen then has been replaced by its modern equivalent. The furthest house on the right is part of Ilex Court, which was built on the site of the 1970 house