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This Is Were I Grew Up
This is were I grew up in Craigentinny in Edinburgh. I went to Christmas parties here when I was really young, I also went to big picnics from here because my Mum went to the guild here or went to play dominos and they held dances and& concerts.
I will never forget one picnic we went to. I was 5 years old and I got some money for running a race. I put it in my mouth at the same time as I was eating a bun and I swallowed it. I was takin to see a nurse who gave me a...
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A memory of Edinburgh in Midlothian by Cath Tuff
Long Hot Summers
Aged 9-11ish my friends and I would catch the 85 bus from Chorlton bus station or walk if we were skint to Platt Fields Park with a plastic bag with butties in and a huge bottle of orange or corporation pop (water!). With no one to tell us what to do, we had a whale of a time. There was a tunnel/sewer with an iron gate across it, that ran under Wilmslow road, we would climb across the gate then contort our bodies until we were under the gate, there was a narrow ledge on one side on which we would...
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A memory of Fallowfield in Lancashire by Moira Bardsley
Uncle Jack's
My family are the Frees from Leiston. There are too many to mention but my dad is Harry and my Uncle Sperry is mentioned in a few people's memories.
We were so fortunate to be able to spend all our summers at Uncle Jack Fryer's cottage. We stayed there from the 1960s until he sadly passed away. Jack was always smiling and nothing was ever a bother. Living at the cottage was basic but oh so comfortable, the log fire in the front room blaring through the summer and the winter. Then dashing outside with your torch to the loo(which occasionally you...
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I Remember When...
It's often said that everyone has a book in them - it's certainly true that we all have a story to tell.
The exciting new book "I Remember When" from The Francis Frith Collection has enabled hundreds of people to do just that!
A stunning compilation, this book highlights some of the best stories selected from the thousands contributed to the Frith website. The result is an absorbing chronicle of British life from the Second World War to the mid 1960s. A colourful treasure trove of memories, "I Remember When" is an irresistible mix of personal stories and recollections that affectionately reveal the detail of everyday life in Britain.
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