People
Freda Braund
Freda Reep was born in June 1909 at St Dominic where she lived until she was married in July 1934 to Nelson Braund and moved to Cargreen where together they ran one of the two village shops. The other shop was also the Post Office at the top of the village.
After Nelson died in 1966, she carried on the shop but the advent of the supermarkets, even though seven miles away in Callington and Saltash, made big inroads into the shop‟s business.
Nevertheless she still enjoyed running the business and meeting her customers and each Friday afternoon, well into her nineties, without fail she would drive to Kelly Bray to collect bread, saffron cakes, and other bakery items from Pearces, the specialist bakers, for a band of loyal customers. Fresh farm eggs came from Browns at Park Farm, vegetables in season from Fred Billing, and potatoes from Fred and Betty Behennah at St Dominic.
She kept close contact with St Dominic, playing the organ at the Methodist Church each Sunday. After Leslie Nanscawen retired as organist at Landulph Methodist Church, she also took her turn playing there and continued at both Churches well into her nineties.
Her health began to fail some four or five years ago, and she was taken to Derriford on three occasions, and ultimately transferred to St Barnabas from where she went to St Theresa's, Callington. This signalled the end of the shop, which had been a feature of the village for many years.
(our thanks to Esmie Boult, Freda’s daughter, for this charming summary)
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