When I was a kid we only ever went on the odd organised day trip to the seaside and if a Bransons coach turned up we thought it was our lucky day as they were always the newest and poshest coaches at that time.

Claytons was the next to the last building then came the adult school and then the junction with Thompson street, opposite Claytons was Jackie Johnson's farm yard, we used to go in there to look at the goldfish in his duck pond.

I get really annoyed everytime I use the postal voting system. I always thought that in this country your vote was private and confidential and yet you cannot vote unless you sign your name and date of birth and put it in with the voting envelope and both envelopes A and B have you personal number on the outside for everyone to see making it easy for any Tom Dick or Harry to know who has voted for who. Grrrr!
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My grandmother lived immediately next door to the factory at no. 68 and used to sell their 'pop' from the kitchen door. They made all the usual flavours but my favourite was one called 'ice cream soda'
That was in the days when you used to get 3d when you returned the empty bottle