My First Job

Margaret talks about her first job in the 1940's.  
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My UK neighbours and Guy Fawkes night

My UK neighbours and Guy Fawkes night
When Margaret and Ted lived in Riverton UK they invited neighbours into for a fireworks night, which got a bit out of control.  They also had a neighbour who took quite a bit of managing.  
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Close knit family

Close knit family
Margaret's family is spread far and wide across the World, but they still find time to visit each other and are a close knit family.  
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A difficult start to a long friendship

A difficult start to a long friendship
Margaret shares a tale about a difficult neighbour, who eventually became a very good friend.  
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My High School Teachers

My High School Teachers
Margaret talks about her High School teachers and particularly remembers the Head Mistress, Miss Lucy E Saville.
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Favourite Lessons at School

Favourite Lessons at School
Margaret's favourite lessons at high school were Latin and English.  She particularly enjoyed English language and literature and was very good at spelling.   However, she did not enjoy Algebra and Geometry as she missed a term and found it difficult to catch up.  
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The Growing Menagerie

The Growing Menagerie
  Margaret's children loved pets and over the years they had cats, dogs, up to 70 lizards, butterflies and guiinea pigs, but nothing can compete with the time at Adrian tried to capture a wild Parente Monitor Lizard near Alice Springs, Australia.            
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Education

Education
Education was important to Margaret's parents, and it was expected that both she and her eldest brother would attend university, but World War II but a stop to that.  Margaret started school at the age of 5 in 1930 and shares some of her experiences in the early years of her...
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My introduction to the WRNS

My introduction to the WRNS
Margaret tells us about her introduction to the WRNS in September 1943.  She was initially posted to Millhill in London where she spent 6 weeks convalescing after she fell down the stairs and broke her wrist, after which she was posted to Northern Ireland.    
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Getting Rescued on Our Golden Wedding Anniversary

Margaret recall her Golden Wedding anniverary weekend in the Barossa Valley, South Australia. During the walk Margaret fell faint and Ted went for help ...... they were finally reunited in hospital early the next morning after a major search by Police and SES. A unique anniversary.  
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Fashions of My Youth

Margaret recalls the fashions of the 1930's both in terms of clothes and hair. With a sister who was training to be a hairdresser Margaret soon became her model. Margaret also recalls the tunes of the time and going to the cinema where all the films were in black and white...
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Youth and Adolesence

Margaret recalls the physical changes of her youth and it affected her life.  
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Household Routines I Remember

Margaret was born in 1925 and her she recalls the household routines of her childhood in Lincoln, England.  
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My First Pet - Ruff

Margaret was 13 when she got her first pet - an Olde English Sheepdpg!  
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My Friends and the Games We Played

My Friends and the Games We Played
Margaret recalls her friends and the games they played. Her brothers loved hammering nails into planks amongst other things!
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My Early Childhood

My Early Childhood
Margaret recalls her early childhood and the fun gained from life's simple pleasures.
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My Extended Family

My Extended Family
Margaret talks about her extended family - from the past aand extending into the future.
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My Siblings

My Siblings
Margaret recalls her brothers and sister and her happy childhood.
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My Parents

My Parents
Margaret talks about her parents and says she could not have wished for better or more caring parents.
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My Grandparents

My Grandparents
Margaret talks about her grandparents. One of her grandfathers dies when his fishing trawler was lost at sea leaving his wife to bring up five children in Grimsby. A story of courage and perseverence.
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