The Place I Grew Up

This is where I grew up, the village of Great Bentley in Essex. As places to grow up go it was pretty good, we had a population of about 2000. My dad was the village postman for 10 years so he knew a whole lot of people. This photograph is of the village green and at 43 acres in size is the largest in England. As kids we would play soccer, cricket, ride our bikes, fly kites and even once crashed a radio controlled airplane into the green. As teenagers we would get drunk, party and just hang out and have a good time. I have many fond memories of things my friends and I did when I lived there. The green is also used for the yearly carnival, the cricket and football clubs have there pitches on it and the when the fair comes to town they use it.