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bare feet days

Bare Feet Days

In our family we kids always wore shoes to school. It was a home rule and a school rule, and such rules were hard to

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fishing

Fishing

Maybe you’re a keen fisherman or woman. I’m not – not at all. I do enjoy a good fish meal, grilled or baked, or even

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telephone calling

Telephone Calling

Telephones were exceptional items among home appointments in 1930. For people to have a phone installed required them to be affluent enough to afford one

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backyard cricket

Backyard Cricket

Cricket has always been my favourite sport. I played it as a schoolboy, and after I left school, I was a member of teams in

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Hanging out clothes

Across the land there were definite Monday washday rituals in the years gone by. My mother had some that she followed, but my grandmother adhered

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Washing Days

The automatic washing machine and modern laundry detergents, together with easy care fabrics, may have their advantages in a busy twenty-first century life. But there

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Bedford Truck

Grandads Bedford Truck

The first motor vehicle I can recall travelling in was my grandfather’s ancient dusty red Bedford truck. Even in the war years of the early

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