[2005]
POST-WAR YEARS
The period from 1945 to 1950 was one of great change for all; and especially for the citizens of Europe – and for us. In part this was, of course, the onset of peace; though the benefits were not immediately obvious, not least where food rationing was stricter than ever. We, though, moved to our new (rented-tied) home at 3, The Green, Bromborough Pool. We also started our love affair with our cottage in North Wales. Most important, from my point of view, after a poor start at Bromborough Prep, my education took off at Birkenhead Prep.
Thus, my formative years, or at least the part I can remember, were spent on a factory village just across the road from its more famous counterpart, Port Sunlight. Although we lived in a rented house, as did most people then, and it was tied to my father’s job at Prices, it was a rather grand Georgian Villa!
0043 – The House at Bromborough Pool
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0056 – Our Corner Shop, 1945 to 1951
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0073 - Friends - 1945 to 1950
Surviving on post-war rationing was tough, and was a major challenge which to an extent dominated our lives, but it was good for our health!
9214 Post War Food
0093 – Food, five to seven years old
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But – differentiating me from most of my peers - much of my life was lived in books. I was, from an early age, an addicted reader.
0051 Early Book Reading
9195 Children’s Radio in the 1940s
0005 - Sid & Amateur Dramatics - 1945 TO 1960 – this was also the period when our spare time, or at least my mother’s spare time, was dominated by my uncle’s directorial activities with the local amateur dramatic society; and by his regular presence in our lives.
And, of course, the impact of my schooling was crucial; as was demonstrated by my move from the disastrous Bromborough School to what was to become my long-time home at Birkenhead School.
0091 - First Prep School
0057- Birkenhead Prep School
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