| Question
1
Where did you play when you were younger? |
The nearest place to play was Victoria park
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| In the war. | Before the war there were lots
of houses were the farm is now and bombsite there was no animals
here and the only animal was monkeys, dogs, cats there was no farm
here then. It was just a bombsite now we have a cafe as you go to see
the animals.
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| The houses across the road | The houses across the road they were very old terraced houses. |
| All about the cows. |
They use to drag the cows down white house street down through philip street and several times the went through the passage way and then they had to back out. Then they took them around and killed them for food.
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| All about the houses being bombed. | All these
houses got Bombed.
Because at the time your granddad, he came running down and they thought the Para chute had landed at Railway street, and when they had got to the bottom part they realised it was not a Parachute , it was a mine. That's what knocked it all down, it was a sea mine that got dumped and made a crater - anyway he got back sharpish when he realised what it was, he couldn't get back quick enough. If you come from the park, under the bridge in front of you was Railway street, and you come to the tannery. Then you come to boot lane, and it was the whole of Railway street that got flattened by this see mine.
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| What there was in this area. | In the war there were no farm or play areas were there were swings and sliders so they use to just go down the park and tack our balls & bat |
| The computer room. | The computer room is a
place were adults can do there course work & to surf the net. It
will cost you £1.00 if you are a member
non members £2.00
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Question 2 What did the houses across the road look like? |
The houses at Phillip St. It
was old houses and now they have been replaced into three bedroom
houses.
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| The farm in the war looked like this but in letters. | The
farm was all houses and it got bombed & derelict and there where no
animals here.
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| Question
3
How much was the chocolate bars? |
The bar's of chocolate was about a penny. |
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