We were not at Keyes Close very long before it was decided to move the caravan to North Street, Stanground (the opposite side of Peterborough) where Valerie immediately started Junior School, and I went to Infants School. Continue reading
Autobiography
Dear Diary – Page 5 (Early 1950’s – Infants School)
Bath time was a ritual which necessitated Mum heating up various pans of water on the stove and mixing them with cold water in a steel bathtub which was placed on the floor in front of the heater. Continue reading
Dear Diary – Page 4 (Early 1950’s – First Model Railway)
Our caravan had an end bedroom with two beds in it, which was where Valerie and I slept. Continue reading
Dear Diary – Page 3 (Early 1950’s – Our Caravan)
Photographs of that time show me with my sister Valerie but I have no recollections of events that included both of us. This was probably not surprising given my age, and that Valerie would have been in school and would therefore be developing friendships as best she could considering our history of moving around. Continue reading
Dear Diary – Page 2 (Early 1950’s – Trains!)
Dear Diary:
The 1950’s were exciting! Continue reading
Dear Diary – Page 1 (Mid 1940’s – The Beginning)
Dear Diary
The last few years of the 1940’s were really interesting. Continue reading