Before yet another new generation put it's stamp on the estate I felt that someone had to write about the previous ones. I have set out to put down a prehistory of the immediate local area before the estate was built. Some 30 years ago I embarked upon the more complex task of recording individual memories from those who made the estate what it was, what it is and how it developed. Time has nearly run out to interview any more of the immediate descendants of any original families who can remember vividly what they were told about the early years of the estate. I would welcome any more contributions that readers / browsers would like to make to enhance the experience of others wishing to know all about the area. Over one hundred and twenty years have now passed since the plans were drawn up for the little Maypole housing estate. The world has advanced beyond the limits of even the most imaginative mind living at that time. Global events such as two World Wars, The Depression, The Moon Landing; national events such as the death of Queen Victoria, the General Strike, the abdication of Edward VII and both 'Big Freezes' of 1947 and 1962-1963 have all gone to shape the lives of those living on the estate at the time. My research, initially, took me to those who lived through those earlier times. It has now turned into contacting their descendants - both first and second generation.
My research has been ongoing for over 30 years. I am delighted that you have found this website. By all means use any information you find here and on my original site that is useful to you. That is the main purpose of my labours. If you want to straight copy and paste anything on to another website / article / document then please, all we ask is that you acknowledge the origin.
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Kim Button
In memory of my Maypolian childhood friends who are no longer with us - David and Chris Richardson, Peter Garman, Michael Morand, Malcolm Knight, Peter Walker, Gary Jewel and Lawrence Andrews. 
