A family holiday in Lincolnshire before the second world war.

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Camping - 1937

The summer months always seemed to be long and sunny throughout the school holidays. Sometimes my friends would go camping, and providing the older children agreed, I was allowed to go along with them. The most popular camping place was Ash Grove Woods, a small area bordered on one side by the Ravensbourne River and on the other side by the vast Beckenham Place Park.  Read more.

In the middle of 1938, when I was 22yrs old and courting my first girl, I worked as a Pottery mould maker and my girl was a shop assistant in the Fruit, Flower and Vegetable trade. Her working days were long, 8-30am until 7-30pm on the first 4 days of the week and 8-30am until 9-00pm on Friday and Saturday. So we made the best of our only day together, Sunday.  Read more.