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WE REMEMBER IT WELL

by Joan Collins

Published by Penarth Past Oral History Group. 1st. 1995

Fine condition. A Patchwork of Personal Recollections of Penarth. Glazed boards. B/w photos.

SIGNED by author.

ISBN: 1872808360
Stock no. 807370

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Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Don't Skip This - It's Important (Preface)
  • Foreword by D. John m. Gibbs
  • RECOLLECTIONS
  • 1. A Look at the Map - Changes in the appearance of Penarth
  • 2. The Dear Dead Days - Harry Marin remembers the Docks when active
  • 3. "When that I was" - Memories of Childhood 1904 onwards
  • 4. The Shining Morning Face - Going to School in the 1920's and 30's
  • 5. The Lover and his Lass - Memories of growing up, courting and marriage
  • 6. Toil and Trouble - Earing a living in the "Good old Days"
  • 7. Cakes and Ale - Time off - but not much of it
  • 8. Abstracts and Brief Chronicles of our Time - Food, clothes, houses, medical care, "being on the parish" work of the "Relieving Officer"
  • 9. Grasp the Nettle Danger - Memories of World War II, The Home Front, "Those in peril on the sea" and on land
  • 10. We're Still Here! - A few thoughts on current problems, 'Memories' a poem by Dorothy Owen of Penarth Past
  • 11. The Other End of the Town
  • i Memories especially recorded for Penarth Past by Mr. Edward Granger and Mrs. Mary Findlay, Dr. John and Mrs. Sheila Gibbs
  • ii "The unashamed volunteer", Constance Maillard's reflections on e60 years of voluntary work for Penarth (transcript of lecture given when 97)
  • 12. A Last Word From: - Professor M.S. J. Pathy, Research Director, Health Care Research Unit, Newport

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