The late Lena (née Keeling) Bridger was born in 1894 to parents John Sheppard Keeling and Phoebe (née Barnard) who had married in 1885. She married in 1924 to Harry Nathan Bridger and died in 1974.

She was interviewed and tape-recorded in about 1970-71 by her daughter, the late Mary Alfreda (née Bridger) Rice-Oxley; recording digitised by Christopher John Hogger in June 2011 and transcribed in July 2015 by XS Typing and Susan Morris and tape-recorded in about 1970-71 by her daughter, the late Mary Alfreda (née Bridger) Rice-Oxley; recording digitised by Christopher John Hogger in June 2011 and transcribed in July 2015 by XS Typing and Susan Morris.and tape-recorded in about 1970-71 by her daughter, the late Mary Alfreda (née Bridger) Rice-Oxley; the recording was digitised by Christopher John Hogger in June 2011 and transcribed in July 2015 by XS Typing and Susan Morris.

This article presents the transcript.

Themes : The Milestone; blacksmith Henry Woods; Archer (Archibald) Stovell; Butcher family; Killick family; West Lane Farm; Old Westmoor Cottage; Tollgate; Willow Pool; Madge family; riding school; Effingham Women’s Institute; gypsies; muffin man; Curtis family; Monica O’Connor; Diamantidi; The Paddock; Gwen Farrar; Norah Blaney; Scam (or Scan); Dench family; Joseph Stewart Adams; 1935 Silver Jubilee; 1937 Coronation; Mrs Mooney; wartime; flying bombs; aeroplane machine gun attacks; Canadian troops; The Hollies; Effie Jane Ross; Cubitt & West.