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GRANDMAS HOUSE

From The Castle 1949
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MY GRANDMA ANNIE MAYCOCK LIVED IN THE HOUSE AT THE BACK OF PEACOCKS IT WAS END OF TERRACE DOWN AN ENTRY AT THE BACK OF BUTLERS BUTCHERS WHEN I VISITED THE SMELLS WERE FANTASTIC AND ON SATURDAYS THE BELLS WOULD RING FROM THE CHURCH FOR WEDDINGS SHE USED TO GIVE ME 6PENCE TO GET SOME BLACK PUMPS FROM WOOLWORTHS ,THE BACK DOOR SQUEAKED WHEN YOU USED IT AND SHE USED TO GO DOWN THE CELLAR FOR COAL EVEN AT 70 YEARS OF AGE THE LOO WAS IN THE BACK YARD THERE WAS A PIANO IN THE FRONT ROOM BUT THEY WERE HAPPY DAYS GRANMA I STILL MISS YOU GOD BLESSXX

Written by Teresa Wilkin Nee Maycock. To send Teresa Wilkin Nee Maycock a private message, click here.

A memory of Tamworth in Staffordshire shared on Sunday, 18th November 2007.

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