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Year: 1940s
During Wwii
I lived on Seal High Street (pretty well opposite the half timbered building & the horse trough in the photograph) from 1939 to 1951. My father was in the fire brigade. In those days you auditioned to become a choirboy. The Church music was very elaborate & mostly we enjoyed it - although we were discreetly naughty, especially during the vicar's deadly boring sermons. Wide knicker elastic & tiny black throat sweets provided excellent catapault material. We got paid - about 3/6 (17p) I week I think although most of got lost in 'fines'. Society weddings were very lucrative. Seal was a feudal kind of place with very wealthy people in big houses served by the 'village'. Although the battle of Britain raged overhead nothing much got hit until the V1 (Doodlebug) & V2 rocket came along. The biggest danger was stray bullets from the fighting & an occasional strafing of the road. There was very little petrol - even for the rich - and we made our own entertainment as kids. As we got older we were allowed to caddy at the Widerness Golf Club which was very expensive & exclusive for its Members. We were allowed to play golf after 6p.m. on Monday to Friday. No Gentleman played Golf in the evening in those days. Last edited: 11/03/2008 10:22 by Mike Turner |
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