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My Time at the Acacias
Howard Self shares his memories of the Acacias school from 1959 - 1965, describing his teachers, their subjects and lessons; the school routine; the school building and its environs; trips to the swimming baths and beyond; and his contemporaries,…
Duchess of York Hospital - Nursing Training
There are three clips in this playlist, in the first Myra describes her schooling, wanting to be a nurse aged 9, the letters she had to provide to apply, the interview and her three month trial at Briarwood.
In the second she talks about training…
In the second she talks about training…
Childhood Memories of the 'Brickie'
William Brennan describes the activities local children used to enjoy at Jackson's brickworks. "It was a place of great fun and adventure, but what happened on the ‘Brickie’ had to stay on the ‘Brickie’! If our parents had known, they’d never have…
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Brook House Auxiliary Hospital
This Certificate is presented by the Army Council, as a permanent record of their thanks, to be placed in the building been known and used as Brook House Hospital for British sick and wounded during the Great War, 1914-1919.
The War…