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Jim Raisey's Car at the bakery circa 1920 Isn't that a lovely car and that was at the old bakery. And you know what the old bakery looks like now don't you. That really was used as a bakery, the left hand side, and that was the baker, Mr Raisey and his daughter Evelyn and it was his son's car. She has a cat.

This was the son Jim Raisey who had done his service during the war and very mechanically minded didn't want to be a baker he wanted to be a driver and any kind of vehicle he was keen on.

Jim Raisey with Motorbike 1923And now he has his motorbike. My brother had a motorbike B H I remember. Mr Salkeld would like that. Strange number plate. Where's the chain. There is a belt on the other side. State of the Art. 

The bus outside the bakery circa 1930'sNow he's gradually getting his business up to date and he's got a bus so we had a bus service into Aylesbury. And we had a village shop at the side. And the old bakery is thatched. That's the whole family. Evelyn later married Tom Perrin. So they didn't have far to go. He ran the business from the bakery in the 30s.

Jim Raisey's GarageThis is the garage and it's the same building as today. You see he has several cars doing a taxi service. The man is my brother who worked there and me in the doorway and Mrs Rasey by my side, Jim and granddad Grendon Garage with all Jim's vehicles Raisey by the bus. Valerie their one and only daughter who I still keep in touch with.  And two people who work there Vic Cannon and George Tapping and so he was doing very well and now there's another house in between the house he had built because he had a nice big garden but they have tucked another house in. What an amazing phone number - 25.

Garage with 3 petrol pumpsThe 25th person in the village to own a phone. Like in old films when they use to ring up the exchange and say 'Grendon Underwood 25'

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