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Bike Rides From Ellesmere Port

I remember bike rides first with my dad and then with my brothers Glyn and Paul and cousins David and Neil to Raby Mere. The lake was so calm and peacfull and we hired the lovely clinker built skiffs for a row. My dad taught us to row there without 'catching crabs'! I remember the penny machines well and ice cream from the garage shop.
The mere seems so small now compared to our Lake Taupo in New Zealand but the memories are so sweet, another age! Small was certainly beautiful then.
P.S. The year was probably 1950-1955.

Written by Ian Mabbitt. To send Ian Mabbitt a private message, click here.

A memory of Raby Mere in Merseyside shared on Monday, 3rd August 2009.

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RE: RE: Bike Rides From Ellesmere Port

Hi Ian,
Weren't your cousins David & Neil Robinson from Wolverham, also?
Sandy Dawson

Comment from Sandy Dawson on Friday, 26th February 2010.

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