Tag: Memory Lane
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Taking the Plunge
I didn’t join the military thinking I’d have a life of adventure but, as it turned out, adventure found me anyway. I was too young to sign up for myself, and had to have my father sign the papers allowing me to join the Woman’s Royal Air Force at 17 years of age. A decision…
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For The Love of Food
I never really knew either of my grandmothers, like many kids do so I couldn’t tell you if they even knew how to cook. I met my dad’s mum when I was about 10 years old but, by then, she was in her late 60s and seem to live off Tunnock’s Tea Cakes and tea…
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Working 9 to 5
I’ve had an amazing number of jobs over the years, starting with what I guess is a rite of passage for any kid born in the UK pre 1980s — that of paper delivery kid. Like many, it was my first real job that I got paid for by someone not a family member. A…