Birds nesting was a favourite in the spring; terrible to think about it now, taking birds eggs. Another favourite was after the swan had had her young there was always a couple of addled eggs left in the nest and we used to put them on the railway line. Can you imagine the stench when they took the train back to the shed to clean it at night! Nick Chandler b 1937
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Colin Smith: Free Time 1930s
Yarmouth marsh panorama with Mill and stream on right
We lived in the last house down Station Road just before the station, St Kilda it was called then, Mill Stream Cottage it’s called now. Beautiful views. I used to spend my time off over the marsh there, into the copses, Thorley Copse or Mill Copse. I don’t think you can get into Thorley Copse now, that was the one I particularly liked. We used to go birds nesting and things like that. Not that I should be proud of that now. Colin Smith b1921