Bottle Cottage, photo courtesy of Penny Baldwin | The location of Bottle Cottage |
Bottle Cottage was here until 1948/9 (the above photo was taken at about this time) but it was demolished not long after. It was the home of the Anderson family.
Alfred Anderson (seated) was known as Sonny, and his wife Ellen Anderson (left of Sony) was originally a Weedon.
The cottage was so named as there were Bottle ends inserted above the windows which you can
just see in the photo.
Alfred Anderson tended the Flackwell Heath War Memorial as his son, James Anderson, was killed in the first world war - his name appears on the memorial.
The little girl is Sandra Mills and her mother, Lucy, is the lady in the scarf. The lady on the right is Lucy's mother, Hilda. Jill Crooks is the face inside, looking out of the window.
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