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I was born on 1st. March 1951 at 41, Whittle
Drive, Ormskirk three weeks after
the family moved in. I was Christened Dorothy Ann after my grandmother on
Dads side.
The house was a council house on Scott Estate in a
row of four. Mr. and Mrs. Singleton lived on the end at number 43; on the
other side was Mr. And Mrs. Berry at
No. 39 with a passage way between. Mr. and Mrs. Tabarn lived at No. 37.
Our house had 3 bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs.
Downstairs there was a lounge, a dinning room and a kitchen with pantry.
Outside buildings housed a WC, Coal store and a
Washhouse.
The ground floor was later modernised with the
lounge dining room being knocked into one, the outhouses being the base for a
large kitchen and dining room.
We had a garden to the front and a larger garden at
the rear this was for vegetables, and a shed for chickens, which also housed
turkey’s ducks and geese at different times. Beyond the garden was a large
playing field followed by farmer George Gittin’s fields.
My first memories of my childhood are of the days
before I attended school, I remember my brothers and sisters leaving the
house to go and I remember I couldn’t wait to start and when the big day came
my sister Jacqueline took me to Greetby Hill Primary. I was then 5 ½ years old.
I stood next to her in the assembly hall and after
assembly she left me there with a lot of other children, none of which I
knew.
Eventually we were shown our classroom and our first
teacher, Miss Woofenden.
Two years later I went to the Junior school, I was
there for 4 years. My first impression of the school was the size of it and
the long tables in the dining room.
To be continued.......................( the spicy
bits)......
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