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I noticed someone spoke on here about the Ranch. It was a road off Rotherham Baulk but did not have a road surface on it so it was more of a path.It connected Carlton to Costhorpe but the area now has an industrial estate and a residential estate and is known as Costhorpe.I remember the Deakin family living on the ranch when we were kids but cant really remember their names apart from Joe ...see more
At Bandon Hill Primary School in Wallington we have a plaque to commemorate the death of one of our teachers in WW1. Walter Norman Welton was killed on 26th June 1916 in France and this year will be the One Hundredth Anniversary of his death.
Does anyone remember his wife Alice who lived in the area until her death in 1960, she taught at Bandon Hill School as well ...see more
I lived in Figheldean from about 1949 - 1953, my parents and I lived in the Red Bungalow near the Wheatsheaf pub. My best friend was Wendy Stanfield, sadly no longer with us. Her father owned Stanfield's garage situated in the village, what fun we had playing in their garden which because of the war had been neglected. The garden was large and full of old rusted cars, great for playing in. Wendy's mother Doreen ...see more
I recall The Dump, climbing across Dursford Road bridge on that sewage pipe as a dare on the way to Wimbledon Park primary school ignoring the danger getting smashed to pieces by rush hour trains. My brother, Bern, and me, Mick, played that Dump amongst all railway rats, asbestos, and that terrible stink of raw sewage. The River Wandle was a "dead" river and such a toxic mess its a surprise that kids ...see more
I am trying to reconnect my long lost friend. Her first name is Elizabeth (Surname was "Noton" before marriage). She was from Bakewell, Derbyshire, England. I got the information that she used to work with The Outrake a childrens home at Little Longstone a few miles away from Youlgrave.
Liz is a well educated lady and with short dark hair most likely she will be in her 60s now. I ...see more
Woolworths Circa Nov 1966 onwards..
Half day then full day. Old £ s p tills.. Special uniform.
Worked on electrical counter after toys.
Great joy of finally working on record counter!
Playing anything from Monkees to Small Faces!!
Got pay end of day in brown packets.
I remember HIllikers very well as my grandparents, LIly and Cecil Hayter, lived next door in number 65. I also remember the fresh fish shop, I believe it was called Bayliss', and across the road and round the corner was 'Blackies', Mr Blackman's sweet shop. He made delicious ice cream.
I recently bought an oil painting of ( main street in Appletreewick )it is an old painting as there is a horse and cart in the road so must have been before cars. the signature is by a Doris Jones I would like to know if any one knows anything about the artist or the painting.
Thank you Tricia.
I have loads of memories - I moved here with my family in 1956 (aged 8) - I just read about the changing huts out at the Castle - what a lot of fun was had in them!! A big memory for me was of the Blacksmiths (the Middletons) - I spent as much time as possible down there - my mother used to ring them to tell me when to come home for meals!! I was totally fascinated at their amazing skill in turning rods of steel into ...see more
Yes I lived in Hounslow from 1948 - 1964
Loved living there I lived in Cromwell Road went to Grove Road Infants School then there Junior School then Bulstrode Secondary Modern
There was a place called The Butchers Institute for retired Butchers which had beautiful gardens we used to walk pass as we went to the town.
I also remember going with my Mum to ABC cafe on a Saturday morning had fresh crusty roll with butter ...see more
Hi my name was christine smith and I lived in oldfield road NW10. I remember the great times we all had at the starlight in sudbury I remember in particular Georgie fame. The mods and rockers on Brighton beach - great fun, folkestone, hailing island. The white horse pub on church road with chris bennet and the rebel rousers. Carnaby street when there were no womens shops, just mens where we would buy our cord ...see more
I Lived In Racecourse Lane In the Mid 1960s early 1970s I Lived at Number 4 Racecourse Lane it was my Family Home is there any one who has any Old Photos of My former Home could you get in touch I also went to Both Gig mill Schools i also Remember Joes Cafe in town my e-Mail is vince754'hotmail.co.uk
I lived in the old Underwood camp in Llanmartin from 1953-56 when it was still in the post war state..prison huts, water tower etc. I remember the long walk up the lane ( no light when it was dark!). We were told that a hole in the hedge half way up the hill was in fact a tunnel used by prisoners of war trying to escape. I was confirmed in the little church at the bottom of the lane.
My mother, Margaret (Peggy) Goulden nee Gray went to Manchester during the war with Maud Blackburn who lived off Scotsford Road. She lost touch with her many years ago and today mentioned her. Any information would be gratefully received.
My Mum Jean worked in Watling Ave for many years - Hairdressing.
She started work in The Don around 1956. This used to be opp the station.
She left and worked at Gala and then had the shop in he name for a while and it then became Bartons.
I was also a hairdresser in that shop up until abt 1978 when I left to manage another shop.
I was always in the shop as a very young child. It was mums ...see more
Hi, I was born in Purley in 1950 and moved to Crawley in 1957 so my memories are sketchy. What I do remember was Kennards in about 1954/5 and a pony or donkey ride that used to start outside and go into a park or open area close by. Does anyone remember that too?
Also Kennards top floor and tea room, a quartet playing to serenade us tea drinkers and monkeys/ baboons in cages on the top floor. Remember flaunting my long ...see more
There was I sitting on the Esso petrol pumps of Dad's garage (Croker and Farrell) next to Trinity Church, waving my little union jack and watching the Queen go by. So many happy memories of growing up there, such as tea over the Embassy cinema, watch the Saturday matinées, catching the bus opposite to Portsmouth to see the family, chips in Portland St. after Cubs, (3d a portion!) going to Lysses school and being ...see more
One of my lasting memories is watching the cars going to Ascot for the races in the 1950's, sitting on a seat in front of the Holt School on Reading Road, taking car numbers and admiring the fashions. The cars were amazing - Rolls Royce, Bentleys etc. There were no stretch limousines in those days and it was completely safe for a child of 10 to be on a main road by themselves .How times have changed and not necessarily for the better. Veronica Lown (nee Fenwick)
I lived in Stakes Hill Rd with my two sisters ad mum and dad. We moved to London Rd in 1961 and my dad was a part time fireman and local post man at Cowplain.
The shops have changed so much but during the 60,s we had Cadena Cake Shop, Marshalls photographers, Quarton fruit and veg, International stores, The cabin sweet shop, Coxons, Weston Harts all to name just a few. I live in Upham now and have ...see more
Hi, I was born in South Wimbledon in 1954 and still live there, just off Queen's Road. I went to All Saint's infants, All Saints Juniors, Pelham Girls and Pelham Comprehensive. I also went to Pitmans College and I must say it has stood me in good stead all my working life.
I remember Merton High Street when it had Greg's the butchers, the wool shop and Wimbedon Palais (can't believe they demolished it).
I ...see more
I loved my school days at Stonefield School.when it was girls.then boys arrived and that made a lot of difference,fun none the less.
I can still remember the school song that we had to learn when we first started.in fact I often sing it to myself.i know the anthem of our school better than the national anthem.i have found a place called Bradley archives its brilliant and it had some pictures of my school it's amazing how happy it made me.
An 11 year old boy got off a train from Barnstaple on to a platform crowded with Servicemen and other passengers. Travelling alone to London, holding a small case he was confused by the station announcements, and then boarded a crowded train. Where is this train going he asked? "Bristol", and then "Birmingham" came the answers. He felt panic - he wanted a London train and must ...see more
My Grandmother lived in London Colney for many years I used to go and see her often when I was a child that would be in the early forties, she lived in a cottage opposite the Water Splash there were two cottages there named Davis Cottages pulled down many years ago,they were a few yards from the pub The Bull, in the war I was living with here for a while to escape the bombing,, lovely peaceful place , still visit the places there brings back so many memories
Joan Matthews
I left Crewe in February 1966. I was in 3T at Ludford st school for Girls. if you remember me or were someone I went to school with, Please join us between now and 4th March I am on Private on facebook so search for Pamela Fawcett nee Brownell, Budgewoi, Australia and ask to be a friend! We know of at least 8 of us who will be getting on board for some fun! at the ...see more
Some weeks ago I was back in my beloved Brentford for The Bees V MK Dons..Sadly I didn't have any time to have a wander round and walk in familiar places...just a quick drink in The Globe.Was good being there amongst all the Bees supporters...even though I was wearing a Dons shirt over the top of my Bees shirt !! Well I do like to follow something local and these days I live in Milton Keynes...so the Bees V MK ...see more
I recall spending a few days holiday each year in the 1960's with my father Ronald Lane and his friend from Vauxhall Motors called Archie Harrup.
Archie used to rent out a houseboat every year from the boatyard and had it moored up in the meadow at Hemingford Grey during this time. I looked upon Archie as being a Jack Hargreaves type of guy at the time.
We went fishing with Archie on ...see more
My Mum, Sybil Anne Clark née Cornwell, was evacuated from London to Bozeat during World War Two.
Sadly, my Mum now resides in a nursing home and is suffering from the advanced stages of dementia.
As you may be aware, one of the symptoms of this pernicious disease is that it robs people of their past by destroying the path ways in the brain that allow access to memories. However, occasionally sufferers are granted moments ...see more
I, my sisters and my cousins often spent our summer holidays in the 50's with my Grandmother (Ivy Eddy nee Bryant) in her cottage by the culvert as shown in the photo of the creek. The boat wreck in the picture was a sailing barge owned by the Eddy's for hauling coal up to Millbrook from Devonport. The coal was then sacked up and distributed around the village by my Grandfather on a cart pulled by a mule they called ...see more
I recently acquired an old map entitled Stone's Map Ten Miles Round Banbury - it looks like it is over 100 years old. Not sure if it is the original 1855 map. It is on some kind of canvas material. Someone has stamped it on the back with a date of 1906 - but it may be older. It was printed by H. Stone 57 High Street Banbury. Just wondered if anyone new anything about the map.
Please contact me at tmcsorley@talk21.com – I can send photos.
Tom Mcsorley Broughton Astley Leicestershire.
As I have outlined on this site before, I lived in The Street, Eversley from 1971 - 83. The house in which we lived, built in 1952 by a Mr & Mrs Leversuch, no longer exists as following a murder there in 1992, the house was empty for 4 years before being demolished. 2 house stand on what was an acre plot.
From 1952 to 1981, the sizeable, detached red ...see more
I have posted on this interesting sight in the past - back in May 2009. I was talking recently about Staverton House in Lower Common with a friend, another former Eversley-ite, as we both had a Saturday job there circa 1978/80.
Staverton house, is, in part very old. I believe it was listed in the Doomsday book. It sits at the end of a long drive near Mud lane which is off Lower Common. In the ...see more
Hi I was a pupil at Tidworth Down Secondary Modern School from 1957 to 1959, those were very happy years. We were an army family living in Perham Down married quarters. My name was then Caroline Turner, I have fond memories of former pupils and teachers from that school. Ann Murfin, from Collingbourne Dulcis, Terry Bradbury, Roger (Tilly) Talbot and I think John Entwistle?? all whom were ...see more
I remember going to the shops in Hounslow High street with my mum and dad. The ABC cafe which had rows of perspex boxes with different cakes and sandwiches in each one. MacFisheries, and a department store which I think was called Edmunds - used to have a Father Xmas Grotto there in December.
Inwood park in the summer, the boating lake, paddling pool, tennis courts, and they had a games shed which was opened at ...see more
In the 1940s and 1950s as a young lad and then teenager, I used to spend my summer holidays with my grand parents who lived at 171 St. Helens Road Hastings.
I have very fond memories of Hastings in general and in particular of Alexander Park. I used to love the firework display staged around the boating lake and walking the whole length of the park from my grand parents' home to the Queens Road end.
I also ...see more
My Mother was born in Pewsey in early 1900 - my Grandfather fell off a ladder when mending his roof and broke his back and died. I visited Pewsey as a boy.
Names n my mind Hector Ward -Solicitor / the Siney Family/
As a young boy in mid to late 1940s and early 1950s I used to travel from my home in Wisbech to spend my summer holidays with my grand parents who used to live in Marley Lane. They had a bungalow called Birch Holme that was white in colour and with an extensive plot of land. Next door was a farm which I believe was called Windmill Farm. I remember going round to the farm to play with the farmer's son whose name I ...see more
I was born in chapel street number 14wich was the back of a shop next to gittens it was owned by mrs price who also lived there at the back of the house my grandmother dolly perry had 2 shops along the high street and a lodging house which was mostly ocupied by irish men who came to do our roads ect i have lots of happy memories of the area and can recall most areas as we spent many hours playing in the ...see more
Used to fish (poach) for trout here as a lad in the late 60s early 70s..
I attended school in Chichester at St. John's school on East street. I went there from 1947 until 1951. I have many fond memories of my days there; great teachers, my first girlfriend Lesley and the bus ride home to Emsworth.
In this photo of Aylesbury Street, on the right, next to the Bull and Butcher pub there is Bletchley Motors. In 1966 I bought a practically brand new Old English White MGB sports car from them, registration OPP 199D. I met Mary my wife-to-be and we did all our courting in this Fenny Stratford car. We kept it until 1971 when we needed funds to get married. My wife and I are ...see more
I remember moving to Seaton with my family from london it was such a wonderful place, my best friend was Edward Waite,we spent many happy times together,on the beach,at the cafe also,in the winter Kathy Doney would open on sunday afternoons so that we could play the juke box. I lived at Mount Brioni with my brothers and sisters,Edward and i used to help Bill Prowse on his milkround before school.Unfortunately ...see more
My name is Carol my memories of Blackhills Road Infant and Junior School which me and all my family attended have me many childhood memories.I remember my first day in Infant School once your mother dropped you into the yard there was painted a big white line the teacher's told you not to cross it once in the yard it was like magic because nobody ever did.Teachers I remember Mrs ...see more
Hi My name is Mary Hall I remember living in Ann Cottage and 2 Chapel Street my mother and father was John and Sarah Hall he had a horse and trap. There was a family called Vasey Hall and a family called Middleton I remember a family called Crudess a family called Charlton also Wilkinson also family called Mangley and Macnulty I was usherette at the Gaff . Happy days. My father John had goats along the black path. Happy Days
When I was born in Chelmsford Hospital, my family were living in a house in Corringham Road, Stanford-le-Hope but my first memories are of 66 Billet Lane. Right opposite what was then known as The Lathol Club, now the Billet. I used to accompany Mum in the early years down Rainbow Lane to the farms to get a jug of milk. I worked alongside my Aunt at the Flints ...see more
In the Francis Frith book "Did You Know? Miscellany of Birmingham", reference is made to Charles Dickens on page 12.
If I may offer a small correction - Charles Dickens was not a visiting lecturer. He raised money for the establishment of the Institute by holding his first public reading ( A Christmas Carol ) in Birmingham Town Hall on 27 December 1853 before a capacity audience of some 2000 ...see more
Hi, my husband was born and raised (until the age of 5) in a part-railway carriage on land known locally as The Ranch . I can't find any mention of these in any documents and was wondering if any body has a photo or knowledge they can share with us. Many thanks, joan Pearson
A friend and I were reminiscing recently. Our conversation came round to an old shop at the bottom of Salters Road, next to the double bus stops opposite The Globe. We could recall it only sold sweets and tobacco but couldn't remember the name.
We widen our search via Facebook and our elderly parents and their friends but still no joy.
Then on 3rd February 2016, Ian Ramsey spotted that the original name ...see more
Back in the late sixties early seventies my pop group Chris and the Deltics used to practice at The Stickler on Sticker Lane. Pat Lee who i believe was the daughter of the landlord / landlady later ran the group's fan club. Dennis Raynor aka Chris. Would be great to get in touch with Pat.
I was born at 18 Primrose Lane in 1944.
We then moved to Priory Road and then onto Brookside long before the ring road was built.
I remember when The Grand cinema caught fire in the middle of the night and hearing the old air raid siren signalling the fire engines.
The fun we had at the youth club in the prefab building adjacent to the Secondary Modern School in Brookside.
The carefree ...see more
I was born in Luton in 1938 and spent most of my formative years until 1965 living with my parents in their small two bedroom bungalow in Mixes Hill Road, Stopsley. I began my education at the Stopsley enfant school before progressing to the junior school finally ending up at the Technical School in Park Square (I think the official title was County Secondary Technical School aka The Tech.). From there I ...see more
I was born in 1943 in Bensham hospital and lived on Rectory rd for the first 5yrs,we then moved to Saltwell rd and i lived there till I left at 21;those years to me were my happiest,days spent in Saltwell Park.
I went to Kelvin grv school,then on to Gateshead High school Church rd my mother felt a private school would benefit me;it did not;in those days Gateshead to me was great,on Satuerday we went to the ...see more
My family moved from Clapham to Streatham in the early fifties. My mother opened a Greengrocers shop in Sunnyhill Road and sent me to the local primary school which I did not like, so I then attended St. Helens School for Girls, walking there along Valley Road every morning. Miss Tarry and Miss Howling were the headmistresses. (Miss Howling was to me at that time very scary.)
I ...see more
Hello,
This is a bit of a long shot but I am just doing some research into a house my sister has recently moved into. I was wondering if anyone knew when the houses on the sands estate (Lower Sands) were built roughly. we have been visiting Dymchurch all our lives (she is 42) and it has been there all that time. I am struggling to find much information.
Thank you
I would love to know if anyone knew of the Balshaw family who I believe, from a Census I looked up, lived at 346 Liverpool Street, Barton-upon-Irwell.
I lived in Eden road grovehill from 1967-68 till 1972. We were a family of 10, i remember albert park and still go there. The park as changed alot though. Cried when we were took out of marton grove school and told we were moving.
Best friends were Jane peirce and Janet station.
Last year we lost our brother Brian Gunn at age 56. Great childhood memories from Eden road 😊
Anyone remember Robinson & Pickford's in Leicester. They were a Great company to work for. I met lots of good friends there, I think they also had a making up place in Ibstock !
Any one remember Robinson & Pickford in Leicester and Ibstock. Great company to work for. Made many good friends there
Any body remember the Kids party at the CO-OP Hall organised by the Railway, which took place each year!
I would catch the 252 bus to Romford Markets on a Saturday morning, I was learning to play the piano and singing pop songs. There was a music stall there with single sheet music and books. I would buy the latest pop songs of Cilla Black, Sandie Shaw, Lulu and go home and play and sing them. I lived in Cross roads at number 66.
My Dad would take me Saturday night to the Royal United Services Club corner of Maw ey Road. I ...see more
Hi i was born in1962, in garfield street salford 5.my mum and dad lived there longer than me .They had lots of memorys my dad worked on the docks and my mum work in oil factory.we had to move out of salford in 1965 because houses were being demolished.my mum joan brown always told me her happy memories in garfield street.
Hi Freddie, I don't know if you will remember me Angela Beeny. I lived in Dacre Road and then Hall Road and had a younger sister called Susan. I was friends with Janice Smith, Joyce Willaim and Audrey Allen, Tony Chapman, Ray Flannigan, Barry Pegram and Harry Raymond.
I can't remember you going up to Bushy Bit with us though, perhaps you moved away. From what I remember of you was that of a boy full ...see more
We moved to Mount 1962, I started school at Darran Las Infant School. Then moved on to the Comprehensive. How big it looked and the kids where so grown up. The grounds where just beautiful and the old house was incredible. The rooms where so filled with atmosphere. My imagination went wild. Staying behind use to scare me a little as there were a lot of ghost stories. Walking to school and back from High St ...see more
Moved to Luton in 1935 where my parents bought a newsagents and tobacconists in Bishopscote Road in Limbury. Can still remember the war sirens going and watching people hurrying to the Air raid shelters in Blundell Road recreation ground. .Have pleasant memories of attending Denbigh Rd school and then Luton Modern school...later to become the Grammar school in1944. Happy child hood days. !
Hello Frank,
I know you have sent a message to me as I managed to get a quick glance of it before it disappeared and I was unable to find it again but I did read that you were asking where abouts I lived in the Bridge.
Well Frank, if you look at the photo of the high road with the estate agents in the foreground, that is where I lived, the estate agents of R. Cheeke & Co. was run by my Mother from about ...see more
Just below the bridge on the ovingham side most of the lads learned to swim and through stones at
what we thought was rats now I know they were water voles a much endangered species .Waste from Corbridge and other places flowed into the Tyne untreated we would be there all day with a fire going and you had to bring some wood if you wanted to share the fire. No drugs in them days in fact I can not remember any one smoking. No names no pack drill.
I loved pages shop on the corner in , I remember the train in the window and putting a penny in the slot, also I think I usesd to to buy roller skates in the shop ,does anyone remember that?i wa born in Barkingside .
I was born in The Park off Gilda Brook Road in 1951 and went to Eccles Parish School then on to Ellesmere Park secondary school, Mr Bingham was the headmaster when I was first at Eccles Parish then Mr Norcross was the headmaster, MissThomas was teacher in the infants and was only very small. On the site of the school now is a Vauxhall garage called Perry`s.My elder brother is Billy Jackson, and I am ...see more
WE LIVED AT COWPLAIN FROM 1965 -77. MY FATHER BOUGHT A HOUSE WHILE STILL IN THE NAVY ON CHAPLINS ESTATE AT ALBRETIA AVENUE . I WAS SIX YEARS OLD THEN AND MY SISTER WAS THREE ALL SEEMED TO GO WELL UNTILL 1966 WE LEFT FOR ADEN AS DAD WAS BASED IN BARAIN THEN IN 1967 THEY WITHDREW FROM THERE WE RETURNED AND DAD WAS SENT TO CHATHAM IN 1968 WE RETURNED IN 1969 I LOVED THOSE HOUSES I SAW THEM BEING BUILT THEY ...see more
I lived in the flats in Dudley Road Southall and went to Featherstone Rd Infants, my name is Jack Stevens and we moved to 76 Greenford Ave and I went to Tudor Rd school and then Dormers Wells school. I married Yvonne Killick from Dane Rd southall and now live in Lincolnshire.
My mates were Roy Rogers, Micky Sandford, Jakie and Billy Blair we all went to Dormers Wells school and hung around the Spikes bdridge area ...see more
I was raised in Mandeville Road where my mum and dad had lived since 1953, a year after the houses were completed. Ours was the last brick built, no 7, before they started building the pre-fab houses from steel frame and concrete panels. As an architect I know the density of modern estates, around 14 to 16 per acre is common now a days. Bernard Road, Olivia Road and Mandeville Road are around 6 per acre. Basically on ...see more
Hi All, I work at The Holdbrook Hub which is a community based project based in the heart of of the Holdbrook community. For the last few months we have been running a Holdbrook heritage project. We are looking for pictures and memories of Holdbrook/Waltham New Town. I would love to hear any stories and see pictures to add to our project.
Michelle
I left school in July 1962, and in between then and going in the Royal Navy, I worked for 6 months in French & Collett Engineers, Faringdon Road, Cumnor. I would love to hear from anyone I worked with, as this made a big impression on a 15 year old!! I only remember the first names of some people:- Ted, Roy & Jimmy (spot welders) Cecil, Connie, Richard Bomford, Sheila, Chris Martin & a couple of ...see more
i can remember going to the rustics cinema in the late 50s i think the film was 20,000 leagues under the sea great memories
From a book my sister left me I chose Rosedale Abbey as my destination on my first journey through England. I was alone and took the train to York in 1971. From there I went to Whitby and then the moorland train to Lealholm Bridge and slept in the churchyard. I was 21.
The next morning I walked the 10 miles to Rosedale where John Young was manager of the Milburn Arms. I stayed four days and they ...see more
I remember Auldgirth fondly,the school the people realy great times.Ilived at hillend farm it was quite a walk to school,The football park was in one of our fields great times.If any one remembers me Iwould likr to hear from them .Jim Johnstone .
My name is Andy Short, We Moved to Carterton in 1953 with my wonderful Family, Dad Edward ( Ted ) Mum Ada Sisters Christine and Rachel lived at number 1 AME Air Ministry Estate,
Moved to hill view after dad ( Ted Short ) Past away and moved to Burford in 1969 when sadly dear mum Past away.
My Memoires of Carterton are very happy ones of many open fields that we played on, Building and Flying Model Aircraft with my Dad Ted Short ( Shorty ) And now all of the fields are built on,
I lived in railway cottages in years 1944to1947app.my sister Catriona Kay died crossing the canal bridge coming home from school.my family now all passed away were father James. Mother Catherine. My brother robin aged 4 and myself Jim aged 2.
In about 1961 a Mrs Lawrence owned the hairdressers and they lived above it . I used be a shampoo girl on Saturdays there . Mr Lawrence also owned a sweet shop in Ivor . They had a daughter Janet who at 16 went to America she settled there and eventually Mr Mrs Lawrence went as well . They had a champagne coloured poodle who I used to walk . I have often wondered what became of them
My mum was evacuated to Gunton Hall from Kings Cross London. I have tried in vein to find any info on the children evacuated there....records of those children would be great. Could anyone help me please.
I was a boarder at Kingsley School. I clearly recall our "crocodile" to church every Sunday, the Sunday story time whilst we continued our "hobby" ( I really do not know how they would have coped with a singing hobby!). We were all encouraged to be ladylike and NOT wear patent shoes as our thick blue knickers would be seen as a reflection!
There was a huge shrubbery in the front semi-circular lawn ...see more