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Coronation Gala - Burnage District Guides and Brownies
A programme of events commemorating the Coronation Gala at Green End School, organised by the Burnage District Guides and Brownies.
Acacia Days
Carole describes her time at the Acacias school in Burnage, detailing her journeys there, memories of the old house in which lessons were taken, school dinners, teachers and old friends.
Be-Ro Home Recipe book
This is my little treasure – my Be-Ro Home Recipe Book. The most used page in the book was the grubby, grease splashed Page 51. The reason for this was because we didn’t have enough money for tools like electric hand mixers, and it was the good old…
Dorothy - Walking in the Peaks.pdf
Dorothy's recollections of her various trips to the Peak District. Traveling by rail or on the bus, she describes her excursions around Edale and Hayfield.
The Thunderbolt
Dorothy describes an unscheduled finale to the 'Levenshulme Happiness Week' in 1950.
Memories of Errwood (Cringle) Park
Dorothy recalls Errwood (Cringle) Park, including the paddling and swimming pools, the tennis club, bowls, Whit walks, the railings surrounding the park, Cringle Fields across Crossley Road and allotments bordering Avon Road.
Allotments on Cringle Fields
Two images showing the allotments sited at the bottom of Cringle Fields, alongside Avon Road, during the second world war.
Lend a Hand on the Land - Lulsgate Bottom, 1949
Image of the group of 'Lend a Hand on the Land' volunteers at Lulsgate Bottom, Bristol, 1949. Dorothy Arnold is on the bottom row, third from the left. On the rear is written "Margaret, me, also Violet, Betty either side of us".
Lend a Hand on the Land, Laleham Park - 1950
Image of the group of volunteers at the 'Lend a Hand on the Land' camp at Laleham Park, London, 1950. Dorothy Arnold is seated on the bottom row, second from right. On the rear is written, "Joan and I farming at laleham Park, London"
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Acacia Days
Carole describes her time at the Acacias school in Burnage, detailing her journeys there, memories of the old house in which lessons were taken, school dinners, teachers and old friends.