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River Cruise on Board M.C. Belle September 4th, 1937
My dad and his friend Sammy seemed to cruise from pub to pub along the River Cam in 1937; they were eighteen years old and no doubt having the time of their lives! At 7:30 p.m. we made our way to Overstaunch which we reached at 8:15. We went to see Mr and Mrs Ellis […]
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River Cruise on Board M.C. Belle, August 29th 1937
A couple of days ago, I shared a post which I first made some while ago; my dad and his best friend Sammy went on a river cruise in 1937, when they were just eighteen years old. Fortunately they kept a diary, and this is the second entry: Feeling very energetic this morning we got up at 8:30 […]
MoreRiver Cruise on Board M.C. Belle, August 28th 1937
I often think back to my dad and the wonderful stories he told about his life; I am lucky enough to have inherited a dairy he kept, one August in 1937. I have shared this before but I think it’s worth sharing again! My dad was born in 1919 in Saffron Walden in Essex; he was […]
MoreHappy birthday!
Today would have been my dad’s birthday; here is something I wrote a couple of years ago, about a holiday he and his best friend took seventy-nine years ago! My dad was born in 1919 in Saffron Walden in Essex; he was christened in Peterborough Cathedral, but spent most of his life in Cambridge. From an early age […]
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Lois Elsden 