Oma, I bet you thought you were rich on your wages. Did you get any tips as well?
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I was only a junior sweeping up mostly 😁
I gave it all to my mother and got 50p back, I could do all sorts with 50p in. Those days 😁
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Fifty pence was riches indeed! I remember my mum would give me 2/6d when I went out with friends on a Saturday night."Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "
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1941
Amy Johnson, record-breaking English aviator, died whilst flying an aircraft from Blackpool to Kidlington (Oxfordshire) in foggy conditions as her role in the Air Transport Auxiliary that ferried new, repaired and damaged military aircraft between UK departments.
Her plane was found, 100 miles off course, in the muddy water of the Thames, but her body was never recovered. Reportedly out of fuel she had been seen alive in the water, but a rescue attempt failed and the incident also led to the death of her would-be rescuer, Lt. Cmdr. Walter Fletcher. Amy Johnson was the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia in 1930 and she also set numerous long-distance records during the 1930s.“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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What a sad fate for such an amazing woman.
"Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "
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1929
Alexander Fleming successfully treated his assistant Stuart Craddick’s infection with a penicillin broth, at St Mary’s, Paddington.“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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We take so much of modern medicine for granted, but 1929 was in our parents' lifetimes. So many illnesses were untreatable.
"Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "
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1972
Miners voted overwhelmingly in favour of a pay settlement after a seven week strike that seriously affected power supplies in Britain.“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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Remember it well,
We were a community of miners , all closed along with the shipyards now.Im not fat just 6ft too smallComment
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I wonder if most of us remember the power cuts and tv closing at 10 pm, shopping by candlelight and no heating. But the effect on the miners and their families must have been devastating."Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "
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I remember it all well Daisy. I remember trying to put on make up by candlelight to go out!
I probably didn't give much thought to the poor miners and their families at age 17 though.“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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Gem, I think at 17 that's perfectly understandable. I think the effect on the general population would be much worse now. All those regular power cuts would knock out all our electronic devices - phones, computers, gadgets, even credit cards etc.
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1946
The British Government took control of the Bank of England, after 252 years.“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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