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I had to suffer the comb biting into my scalp until I thought it would bleed. 'better than getting nits' she would say
Our house was a small terrace house,two up and two down with a tiny garden at the front. We had no hot running water or bathroom. Friday night was bath night. My mum and grandmother carried the big tin bath from the back yard into the livingroom…
'We certainly didn't come out of the hole smelling of roses'
With no bathroom in the house the only way of having a bath was to use a tin one which I remember being sat in front of the old Doric range on a Saturday night to get us bathed for Mass the next morning. The said bath is at this moment in time…
'I always remember that for one year I was judged to be the best boy when I was about twelve years old.'
My memories of childhood centre very much around my home and of the very good mum and dad I had, and along with my two sisters -Violet older than me and Phyllis younger, made a very happy family.Mother and father slept in the front double bedroom…
Tags: bath, best clothes, father, house, mother, Sunday school
'I had to suffer the comb biting into my scalp until I thought it would bleed. 'better than getting nits' she would say.'
Our house was a small terrace house,two up and two down with a tiny garden at the front. We had no hot running water or bathroom. Friday night was bath night. My mum and grandmother carried the big tin bath from the back yard into the livingroom…
Grandchildren 3
Tags: bath, grandchildren