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1940. Me Aged 5.

:)Phil this was taken in Sutton Park too with mom and dad. Wendy and Chris you look like twins?.:) Ray love your photo too.
 
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A nice uniform Ray but you didn't look too pleased about being in the army.
A bit later in the war I joined the ARP and was looking out for enemy aircraft as shown below...
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Me being chauffeured, never hit those heady heights again, probably cos you just can't get the staff...
 
G G Jean said:
:)Phil this was taken in Sutton Park too with mom and dad. Wendy and Chris you look like twins?.:) Ray love your photo too.
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Can't see your photo Jean, but can see you editing, to get it on.
The one's I put on were already on the forum and I used 'Manage Attachments' to drag them here...:)
 
Aidan I bet you were the envy of all your friends?. Phil that is the first problem I have had in ages uploading a photo but will try again. Jean. Don't know what went wrong as I am doing nothing different?.
 
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Hi Barrie,
I like the jug on the grass in front, looks like crock. I think they were served from the tea rooms etc, better than plastic cups - oops they did not have plastic in those days....
Phil...:)
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I remember one time we were at Sutton Park with our Mom, we went to the tea stall by Banners Gate for a cuppa. There was quite a queue, me and my sister were sent to get the tea, and while we were waiting to be served, we found a half-crown on the floor, so we started to ask people if they had lost it, a lady in the queue told us to take it to our Mom before someone claimed it, so we did. This was just before our Dad came home in 1945, so it was quite a find for those days.
 
This is me in 1951 age 5 sitting on the window in the back yard of our house in Ford Street. Normally to the side of the picture the enamel bath was hanging up, it must have been took down and put in the kitchen ready for the weekly bath. My brother is next to me with the other two boys on the end being brothers.
 
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