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Potton and Rushley go under the hammer

By Brian Pettitt

I was researching in the Library when I came across a notice advising of the sale of land on Rushley and Potton Islands – that wasn’t very exciting but in the pictorial they showed a couple of images that I have extracted on JPEG and attached. I suspect there are not too many known images of the islands when they were inhabited so I thought I would extract them and see whether we can get any comments on them. They were up for sale in Spring 1926. The images aren’t fantastic but they are better than nothing. I may send them to my pal Neil Threadgold and see whether his dad has any stories to tell as he farms out there.

Thanks Brian ... As you can see I've separated individual photos from the big one you sent by email and have associated the relevant captions to each. Place has a very cold look about it but no doubt things have changed a lot since 1926. Regards Bob (RDCA Admin)

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Photo:The only inhabited house on Potton

Photo:The other house on Potton, which is uninhabited

Photo:Feeding a Rushley lamb from a bottle

This gallery was added by Brian Pettitt on 21/12/2014.

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My name is Bruce Bradley, my dad's name was Ronald. As young kids we both worked on Potton. Dad as he got older, was employed to till the land on the island with a horse plough. I think the horse was called Ben, who stayed on the Island. They were a great team and Dad loved that horse. After years spent with Ben, WW2 broke out and Dad went into the army. The sad thing is that Ben missed Dad and tried to get to him one day, sometime later, but sadly, got stuck in the mud and as the tide came in he unfortunately drowned. Dad did not find out until he came back from the war.

Ron was born in Wakering and lived there till the old age of 93, and is laid to rest in Great Wakering Churchyard.

By Bruce Bradley
On 07/01/2018

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