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One of my Trips From London to The Mumbles to Auntie Connie's House

The Grand Hotel c1965 Ref: S240224
The Grand Hotel c1965
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This looks exactly like the picture I took to prove to Mom I had been on my way to Auntie Connies' house.  I took the train from Doncaster in England to Swansea - one of the train ticketers' kept bothering me, so I snuck past him when he got to Swansea and ran over to the Grand to book a room for the night.  
I made my way to go to Auntiie Connie's in the morning, or so I thought.  I was going to take the bus - everybody I asked knew who my Auntie Connie Thorpe was.  So, they probably knew the young girl she raised, who would be my Mom, Robina.  Anyway, being only 17, I got scared (I can't figure out why??) and went back to Barton on Humber where I was staying.
This trip was a 6 week stay for my Graduation present in 1971 - for graduation from High School in Michigan USA.

Written by Susie Somerville-Franz. To send Susie Somerville-Franz a private message, click here.

A memory of Swansea in West Glamorgan shared on Sunday, 5th November 2006.

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