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    1950's appliances
    • Mar 6, 2021
    • 7 min

    1950's appliances

    The only appliance which could be found in all the houses I knew was the cooker - gas or electric. Our own boasted an oven, four gas...
    Decorating
    • Feb 27, 2021
    • 5 min

    Decorating

    We had been in our flat for well over a year when my parents decided it was time to cover the endless magnolia emulsion with something a...
    Starting school
    • Feb 23, 2021
    • 11 min

    Starting school

    Here is Gwen in her Queen's Road Primary School official uniform. (Picture courtesy of Gwen Irving) I took the colour photos when I was...
    Shopping
    • Feb 21, 2021
    • 15 min

    Shopping

    Like all the other families in our flats we had neither a fridge nor a freezer to keep food fresh.
    Work
    • Feb 20, 2021
    • 10 min

    Work

    British Rayon Research Association Working day mornings always began with the BBC Home Service news droning at full volume. The radio was...
    Playgrounds
    • Feb 18, 2021
    • 8 min

    Playgrounds

    Here are a few of the flat dwellers. Frances Audas is on the left and her little brother Tim is next to her. I think that's Leslie Thomas...
    Food
    • Feb 18, 2021
    • 10 min

    Food

    (Cover from my mum's cookery book - the one she could never find the ingredients to use.) My mother was a very good cook, so I knew the...
    Swimming
    • Feb 17, 2021
    • 6 min

    Swimming

    Here I am aged 2 with my mother's brother, John, at Southport open-air pool With the arrival of my seventh birthday, the word ‘allowed’...
    Clothes
    • Feb 17, 2021
    • 11 min

    Clothes

    Towards the end of the summer holidays, it was always time to sort out clothes for the new school year as I would disobligingly have...
    Weekends
    • Feb 17, 2021
    • 7 min

    Weekends

    Aunty Jessie used to say, ‘By Friday night I make sure I've got all my jobs done, so the only thing I have to do at the weekend is get my...
    A 1950s Winter
    • Feb 16, 2021
    • 13 min

    A 1950s Winter

    Bonfire night and Christmas had come and gone. It was the most miserable time of the year. It was winter. Try as we might to keep warm...
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