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Tanktops And Bellbottoms
Tank tops and bell bottoms-memoirs of a Birkenhead lad I was born in Birkenhead in 1954 at the back of Central Station, opposite the Haymarket, and still remember being hungry all the time. We were poor, as was everyone we ...Read more
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My Home Town
I was born in Burgess Hill in 1947 and lived there until 1971. I lived in St. Wilfrid's Road and went to Junction Road Primary School. Our headmaster was John Freestone, who was quite a well known singer, and a very kind and gentle ...Read more
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When I Was A Wolf Cub In Grays
In the early 1950's we lived in "Little Thurrock" as my Mum called it! Actually in Blackshotts Lane at a time before the road was adopted by the council and full of pot holes! What I want to find is exactly where the ...Read more
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When I Was A Wolf Cub In Grays
In the early 1950's we lived in "Little Thurrock" as my Mum called it! Actually in Blackshotts Lane at a time before the road was adopted by the council and full of pot holes! What I want to find is exactly where the Third ...Read more
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When I Was A Wolf Cub In Grays
In the early 1950's we lived in "Little Thurrock" as my Mum called it! Actually in Blackshotts Lane at a time before the road was adopted by the council and full of pot holes! What I want to find is exactly where the Third ...Read more
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When I Was A Wolf Cub In Grays
In the early 1950's we lived in "Little Thurrock" as my Mum called it! Actually in Blackshotts Lane at a time before the road was adopted by the council and full of pot holes! What I want to find is exactly where the Third ...Read more
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Watchfield/Naafi/Aerodrome Notes
This was the NAAFI shop that served the military quarters at Watchfield, which housed the then many miltary and civilian staff of the Royal Military College of Science, and some of the students at the college, many ...Read more
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Walking To West End School From Persondy
Walking along Sycamore Street, Persondy, even now in my mind, I passed, the Roberts' house next door, the Walkers, the Ryalls, can't remember the next house but she was German and very fiery, then the Williams, ...Read more
A memory of Abercarn
Those Were The Days
I first saw Littlehampton when my primary school made an end-of-year trip in 1963, and my memories were dominated by the figure-of-eight dodgems at the amusement centre, and some intrepid soul getting stuck in the river (God ...Read more
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Then I Bought A Boat.
For some time I had been thinking it would be nice to own a boat, and with this in mind I would keep my eyes open. It was only then I discovered boats for sale were very few and far between. You might think in a place like ...Read more
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As you can see from this picture, Broad Street is anything but.
Among the market traders who used to draw the crowds were Mrs Gee, who literally sold crockery at knock down prices by shouting out the price and banging on an old tea chest.
Opened in 1906 with a length of half a mile, the pier incorporated an electric tramway - one of its cars is clearly visible in the photograph.
The yacht is typical of those developed since the 1930s for use on the Broads.
The story of how the town got its name is an unusual one.
By the time the railway arrived in Blackpool in 1846, the town was already a resort attracting several thousand visitors a year.
Many people approached their houses by grass tracks, and drew water from a well or carried buckets to a standpipe (sometimes a half-mile away); they cooked by paraffin or coal and lit their homes
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