About 2 – 3 miles away from Walton Crossing were Marholm Woods. Continue reading
Dear Diary
Dear Diary – Page 21 (Late 1950’s – First Bike)
One Christmas I got a bike! Continue reading
Dear Diary – Page 20 (Late 1950’s – Walton Crossing)
The first thing I noticed from our building plot was that across the fields were often seen trains. Continue reading
Dear Diary – Page 19 (Late 1950’s – Stammering)
I was going to Walton Junior School when I developed a stammer. I had difficulty starting a sentence with certain letters. Continue reading
Dear Diary – Page 18 (Late 1950’s – Walton Junior School)
Here is a pic of Walton Junior School taken during a visit back to England. It really hasn’t changed! Continue reading
Dear Diary – Page 16 (Late1950’s – Walton)
Dad had apparently decided (some time earlier) that the only way they were ever going to own a house of their own was if he built it! Continue reading
Dear Diary – Page 14 (Mid 1950’s – Radio)
Having no television back then, the radio was on quite a lot however, the BBC* had a total monopoly on broadcasting from within the U.K. at that time. Continue reading
Dear Diary – Page 13 (Mid 1950’s – Fancy Dress)
Stanground Church (where I went a few times to Sunday school) was very close to a large field and, in 1955, there was some kind of family day event there which included a kids fancy dress competition. Continue reading
Dear Diary – Page 12 (Mid 1950’s – Bonfire Night)
Bonfire Night (for the benefit of those not too familiar with British history), is more accurately known as Guy Fawkes Night and is celebrated on November 5. Continue reading
Dear Diary – Page 11 (Mid 1950’s – Christmas)
Christmas was when the caravan became magically transformed. Continue reading
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