| Welcome to this set of pages which are my own recollections of life - growing up in the 1950s, being able to remember the 1960s (so obviously I wasn't there...) and being a teenager in one of the most exciting periods in history! |
 The World I Was Born To
England 1954 was a different world!
Updated: 23 July 2006 |
 1950s Childhood
Playing out and playing in pre-Lego!
Updated: 23 July 2006 |
 Primary + Junior School
Remember times tables and the slipper!
Updated: 23 July 2006 |
 Illness and Ailments
Asthma, clinics and "mumps gatherings"
Updated: 23 July 2006 |
 Radio and Television
Watching and Listening with Mother...
Updated: 23 July 2006 |
 Shops and Goods
Personal service, no fridges, and brown paper
Updated: 23 July 2006 |
 Holidays and High Days
Christmas, Whitsuntide, Parks and Seaside
Updated: 24 July 2006 |
 Houses and Homes
Semi-detached, terraced and bungalow
Updated: 26 July 2006 |
 Live Theatre and Variety
Seeing stars!
Updated: 8 November 2007 |
 Secondary School
Heywood Grammar School, first day
Updated: 26 July 2006 |
 A Teenager
Of bikes, specs and confrontations
Updated: 4 August 2006 |
 Secondary School 2
Jokes, pranks and going Comprehensive
Updated: 17 August 2006 |
 Transport
Cars and Trains, Reliants and Red-Ex
Updated: 4 August 2006 |
 The 6th Form
Friends and happy days
Updated: 2 August 2006 |
 Reading Matter
Comics, books, magazines
Updated: 17 August 2006 |
 Transport 2
Crushed cars and other tall tales
Updated: 24 Oct 2006 |
 John Burke's a-Musings
All new content is posted to my blog. Nostalgia, humour, memories and feedback. Updated daily |
 Memories
Were you there? Tell me! Feedback from others
Updated: 22 July 2007 |
  Thank you for visiting this one of a number of page-sets from the Bispham2 web site. Thanks also to Jackie Waters of onceuponalife (Memory Books), one of my close set of mates from 6th Form days, for her prompting and encouragement and fantastic set of resources for memory nudging and inspiration. |
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