Shirley Brown - My Schooldays 1928-1935 in Campbelltown

Shirley Brown - My Schooldays 1928-1935 in Campbelltown
Shirley recalls her school days in Campbelltown from 1928 to 1935.
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Getting to and from school

Getting to and from school
Joyce remembers her 5 primary schools - Peterborough, Broken Hill, Walkerville, East Adelaide and Magill.  She walked to school when she was younger, but when she went to East Adelaide she rode her two wheeler bike while dinkying her sister on the back.  After that she caught the tram to Magill...
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Nahant, MA: Wartime

Nahant, MA: Wartime
    Between the ages of 5 and 11 (1936-1942) my grandfather, Dinon, lived on one square mile of land, a peninsula called Nahant off the shore of Massachusetts, just a little northeast of Boston.   Dinon's father, my great-grandfather Ralph, worked on the mainland end of the Nahant causeway in...
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Nahant, MA

Nahant, MA
In 1930, Ralph and his new bride, Babe, moved to  Pittsfield, Massachusetts  so that Ralph could begin his new job as a chemical engineer for General Electric's plastic division.   In 1936, my great-grandfather Ralph was transferred to General Electric's plant in Lynn.  So he picked up his pregnant wife and...
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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 Parents

My Parents
Parents mould our lives; in this story of her life Joyce talks about her parents and the stories of their lives.  
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