Lovely Holidays In Fleetwood

A Memory of Fleetwood.

I was born in 1942, and most of my hoidays as a child were spent in Fleetwood.

We usually stayed in Balmoral Terrace with the McGurk family who had a daughter called Marilyn. They also had a lovely golden spaniel which my brother and I loved.

I was allowed to run free in Fleetwood. I would go up to the Mount by myself, or to the pier.
How we loved the marionnettes. I think it was a married couple who worked them. The weather seemed always to be hot and sunny, and we spent most of our time in the paddling pool or in the sea.
There were lovely gardens and I think I remember having tea in the Floral Hall.

My dad was a fishmonger in Middleton near Manchester, and sometimes I would go to the Smithfield Fish Market with him, and I got to know the names of Fleetwood firms who came to the Smithfield market.

Such happy, carefree days.
Maureen

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