by Kate | Mar 18, 2009 | reminiscing
Well here we all were, happily studying for our Diploma in Child Welfare at Loughborough College between 1970 and 1972. The question is: Where are they all now?
by Kate | Aug 21, 2008 | reminiscing
While driving home early on Sunday morning after a weekend away, I passed a red telephone box on the main street of my village. My first thought was that it probably does not get much use in this day and age ? with land lines in most homes and a mobile phone in most...
by Kate | Aug 16, 2008 | reminiscing
Whilst sorting out some of my Mothers things after moving her into a nursing home I came across an old tape recorder complete with two spools of tape. My mind immediately lurched backwards to my fifties childhood when my Father had purchased this item to record our...
by Kate | Aug 7, 2008 | reminiscing
My parents moved into their brand new council house in 1954. At the top of the stairs was a tall built in cupboard, Mum called it her bottling cupboard and as a child it fascinated me. I used to open the door and gaze at the big kilner jars filled with all manner of...
