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1960s

11+ hothousing – plus ça change

by Jan on July 7, 2009

A memory from this baby boomer’s childhood The top class at my junior school had a reputation to maintain. As a matter of course a good 90%+ of the pupils passed the 11+ and went to either the boys’ grammar school or the girls’ high school. I must be clear that this was not because [...]

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Firhill – let’s pretend

by Jan on June 8, 2009

A cubby hole in the kitchen, where a servant used to sleep, now housed the ironing and the safe, and became a stage for my endless theatrical performances. The costumes for these extravaganzas were housed upstairs in the tiny box room where a chest contained my great grandmother’s Victorian and Edwardian clothes. Every afternoon, whilst [...]

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Firhill – living in family history

by Jan on June 3, 2009

Firhill had been a family home for my maternal great grandparents and their ten children. My great grandfather, and then my Uncle John owned the Albert engineering works at the foot of the hill opposite the house, so presumably they were fairly affluent. Certainly the photographs would indicate this, plus of course, the size of [...]

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Granny boots

by Jan on April 16, 2009

Back in the day (early 1960s), most adults wore ‘granny boots’ in the winter. They were short, and fur-lined, with sensible soles and a zip up the front. Ghastly. And uncool, that’s for sure. Long, calf-hugging, sexy, stylish ‘Kinky’ boots  were all the rage amongst the fashion-conscious and, aged 12 or 13, I desperately wanted [...]

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