mbenne
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Just over 57 years ago I documented the presents I had on Xmas day.
Not only because it was memorable but because in infants school we had to write our weekend news. I still have the original exercise book ( my Mom and Dad rarely threw anything away). Entry for 10th January 1961.
Times were hard for Mom and Dad and money was tight. We had moved from rented accommodation ( My Nan and Grandads front living room in Sheldon). Dad, having taken on a mortgage found that he was put on short time working and Mom did evening bar work at the Sheldon pub. We had no heating apart from a single coal fire in the living room and occupied the front bedroom only. As we had no garage at the time the back bedroom was used to store my Dads fishing tackle and various spare parts for his BSA C11 motor bike! On cold days the back bedroom was where I played until one day I found the door had been locked and bolted. I didn't understand why and my Dad was spending an awful lot of time in there. Despite me hammering on the door he wouldn't let me in!
All was to be revealed on Xmas day, he'd been making me a model railway layout - imagine my surprise on Xmas day. It was short lived as a few months later I was given the front bedroom, Mom and Dad occupied the back and my train set was cut in into four pieces and dumped! From then on I had to assemble the train track in the living room and put it away when I finished.
'My News' written on 10th Jan 1961. Terrible phonetic spelling for infants class but roughly translated, and I actually remember writing this!.......
On Xmas day I woke up and saw my stocking full of toys (it was actually a pillow case). I opened the biggest parcel. When I opened it there was an electric train set, a cowboy set, Two Tins of toffees, a Popeye game and a Dan Dare Radio Station and some more toffees etc etc
I managed to find some of the items on ebay!!! Electric train (Duchess of Athol) Hornby Double 0, Dan Dare Radio Station by Merit Toys. The toffees were Bluebird with unusual flavors like Mint and Licorice!
My news from 27th Feb shows that the train layout was no more and I'm playing with the track in the living room ps our pet dog appeared in a lot of my drawings at that time.
Happy New Year.
What Did You have for Xmas?
Not only because it was memorable but because in infants school we had to write our weekend news. I still have the original exercise book ( my Mom and Dad rarely threw anything away). Entry for 10th January 1961.
Times were hard for Mom and Dad and money was tight. We had moved from rented accommodation ( My Nan and Grandads front living room in Sheldon). Dad, having taken on a mortgage found that he was put on short time working and Mom did evening bar work at the Sheldon pub. We had no heating apart from a single coal fire in the living room and occupied the front bedroom only. As we had no garage at the time the back bedroom was used to store my Dads fishing tackle and various spare parts for his BSA C11 motor bike! On cold days the back bedroom was where I played until one day I found the door had been locked and bolted. I didn't understand why and my Dad was spending an awful lot of time in there. Despite me hammering on the door he wouldn't let me in!
All was to be revealed on Xmas day, he'd been making me a model railway layout - imagine my surprise on Xmas day. It was short lived as a few months later I was given the front bedroom, Mom and Dad occupied the back and my train set was cut in into four pieces and dumped! From then on I had to assemble the train track in the living room and put it away when I finished.
'My News' written on 10th Jan 1961. Terrible phonetic spelling for infants class but roughly translated, and I actually remember writing this!.......
On Xmas day I woke up and saw my stocking full of toys (it was actually a pillow case). I opened the biggest parcel. When I opened it there was an electric train set, a cowboy set, Two Tins of toffees, a Popeye game and a Dan Dare Radio Station and some more toffees etc etc
I managed to find some of the items on ebay!!! Electric train (Duchess of Athol) Hornby Double 0, Dan Dare Radio Station by Merit Toys. The toffees were Bluebird with unusual flavors like Mint and Licorice!
My news from 27th Feb shows that the train layout was no more and I'm playing with the track in the living room ps our pet dog appeared in a lot of my drawings at that time.
Happy New Year.
What Did You have for Xmas?
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