Wigan, 1931-1950 memories of Fred Foster

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Childhood Memories by Fred Foster

Fred's recollections from 1931 to 1950.

I've split the book up into sections, some are large. Select a section below to read some interesting tales.

	Section 1 Early years (part 1)
	Section 2 Early years (part 2)
	Section 3 Scotsman's Flash Curious Canines
	Section 4 Mitchell Street Chapel Childhood Fears and Nightmares
	Section 5 Schooldays at Highfield
	Section 6 Pictures on a Saturday Afternoon The Matches Incident Jump's Cottage Grandad's Pen The Second World War
	Section 7 Comic Paper Recollections Grandma Bradshaw's Shop in Hallgate The Bone Cutter Incident Visits to Yorkshire
	Section 8 Grandma Bradshaw's House Grandma Foster's House
	Section 9 Grammar School Days The British Restaurant Speight, Bully of the Fourth Teachers and their Idiosyncrasies
	Section 10 Wigan Fair Fruit and Vegetable Hawking The Pony Rose
	Section 11 Teenage Memories
	Section 12 Holidays in Blackpool Butlins at Pwllheli

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