St Anne's, The Model Yacht Pond c.1955
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Memories of St Anne's, the Model Yacht Pond c1955

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of St Anne's, The Model Yacht Pond c.1955

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We lived at 42 Ashley Rd. I went to Heyhouses C of E Primary School where I was taught by Mr Tyas. My father was an RAF officer stationed at RAF Weeton. One of my favourite things to do was to take my model yacht, named Endeavour, down to the model yacht pond. Mum would sit on a bench and knit whilst I used to imagine that it was sailing across the ocean. We left St Anne's in 1956 to go to Singapore. I have never been ...see more