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Molly was born in Heybridge Basin and recalls her youth there. She left school at 14 and went to work on the railways, based in the Goods Offices at Witham, Maldon and Colchester. Molly recalls her father being stationed on Osea Island then living in Malta. Going back to earlier years she enjoyed playing in the mud on Northey Island. She was a Church Organist for many years.

Polden, Molly

(Born 1929) Interviewed November 2018.

Molly was born in Heybridge Basin and recalls her youth there. She left school at 14 and went to work on the railways, based in the Goods Offices at Witham, Maldon and Colchester. Molly recalls her father being stationed on Osea Island then living in Malta. Going back to earlier years she enjoyed playing in the mud on Northey Island. She was a Church Organist for many years.

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Heybridge Basin, Railway

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