Jacqueline’s Profile
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Falling in Love.
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Hello I’m
Jacqueline I took my first breath in this great big world 18.10.1949 born at Wallasey
were I remained for the first year of my life after which we moved to 41
Whittle Drive, Ormskirk. When I was 4
years old I remember that Mrs Rimmer took me for my first day at
Greetby Hill Infant school, her daughter Wendy started on that day too. I don’t have
many memories about infant school, though one that does stand out is that I
got told off by a teacher for pinching an apple out of a coat pocket, I don’t
know who’s coat it was but I saw apples as a real treat, something I wasn't
used to much at home! As the years
passed by the family continued to grow our parents still managed a
holiday in Middleton Towers - for the 'chosen few'. Mum worked
really hard cooking, cleaning, sewing, nearly all our clothes were handmade-
with hand me downs as well, knitting she never stopped. She made her
own rugs and let us help and earned extra cash sewing chamois leathers
together. We all had
friends, but being a tom boy I didn’t really care who I played with. Mr Farrington
was my favourite teacher at Greetby Hill juniors - he was the sports
teacher for the green team which I was in, being an excellent all round
athletic he liked me too, I think. The only other
memory is getting the cane on numerous occasions and not crying like Jennifer
Dickinson always did, a right baby, which I found and still to this day
really funny. I
remember Graham being born. I went into the 'box' bedroom to see him he
greeted me with a wee, he had no nappy on, naughty boy. At ten years I
went to Wigan Road School, where I made friends Barbara Ashley, Katherine
Bolt and Rosalind Hutton. At the age of
thirteen I met my first proper boyfriend he was Denis Hill, from Skelmersdale
and so was my friend Rosalind. I wasn't
popular with the teachers I distracted the class too much by making fun when
their backs were turned. My interests were still running, hockey and
netball. I remember us
three girls Marilyn, Dorothy and I not talking for months upon months, for
many reasons such as wearing Dorothy’s twin set without asking permission
which ended in me putting my fist through the window to get back into the
house after she had locked the door and was only willing to unlock
it for 5 shillings. I once smoked
in the toilet at home and Colin could smell it so he hit me, bully. We all
remember the dining room table and Colin’s rules that went with it,
don’t we, are you afraid to say. I always
looked forward to a night, seeing dad staggering home through the field after
many hours at the pub - we always got a treat - spangles or nibblers. As a teen I
enjoyed telling Mrs Wilson were to go for reasons such as dragging little
brother Graham home by the scruff of his neck for squirting water at her
clean windows! Leaving school
at fifteen years old I started work at Universal Boilers were I met
Trevor when I was 17, we married in 1973 and honeymooned in I carried on
working until 1976 when I had my first child Trevor, he was born on 12th.
March, 3 years later Sarah Jane was born on the 16th. April. I started
working again in 1980 at WCF and left in 200 to start my present job as shop
assistant. When my kids
started school at St Johns Primary in Burscough and I got involved with the
'amateur dramatics’ for several years. Mum was proud of me when she saw
me on stage and so were my children. I played
characters such as Rover the dog, Bobby Small and the Laughing
Policeman. That’s it for
now, woof woof. 30.12.2004. |
