Shortly after the Great War there came to reside in Tollesbury a gentleman, named Major Kenrick J. McMullen, who hailed from Rugby but had family connections in the village. Major McMullen had been serving as a staff officer in the Army. He and his family settled down in the village , and eventually required land north of the railway line at Station Road where the Major designed and built the farming complex now known as Great Downs. The Major as he was generally known in the village, and his family wife and several husky young sons were devoted to sailing in their leisure, and for a great part of the year resided on their Fife built ketch “Nan” 29 tons. Major McMullen possessed a great driving force and was quick to realise the potentialities of Tollesbury as a centre for yachting for the person possessed of moderate means.
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