Bekonscot




Before taking Dennis and myself to Hatton Cross so Dennis could go to Heathrow and I returned to Croydon for the Catenian meeting, we visited Bekonscot. I went there in 1959, 1981 and 1991 and it is just the same with some extras! Mum and Dad loved it.

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