Village Shops 1950s & 1960s Anyone no more than a decade younger than me will remember the smell of Woolworths. The heady smell of ‘pick ‘n mix’, or more specifically ‘Dolly Mixtures’ clung to the palate along with the scent of Lilly of the Valley and Fuchsias emanating from the make-up counter,...
7b Holdings was a small holding which gran (Win) worked for over forty years. They were given the tenancy because of Grandad’s (Joseph) medical discharge form the Army after WW1 service. When the board asked him what had happened to his eye he said “…an elephant kicked me“! It is where her...
My Cars I learned to drive late not taking lessons until I was 35 years old. After three lessons with an instructor (including lesson three being a baptism of fire round Marble Arch) I spent a couple of months driving everywhere in my then girlfriend’s car (Liz McAnulty) – thanks Liz. I...
Dad’s Cars Our family cars say a great deal about the times we have lived through…