Kelsey children at Mill Terrace, Phil on toy engine c 1923

I was born in 1, Alvina Cottage in Station Road, then we moved down to Mill Terrace. We were in the one where the passage way went through.  At that time in Mill Terrace there was a lot of children.  There was the Mussells; there were five or six of them, there was Joe – I think he was the youngest one, Ray, Ruby, another gal, and Perce, the eldest one, there was quite a few.  And also there was a big family come to live there, Dicksons from Freshwater; there was about twelve of them kids.  He used to ride about on a tricycle and do a few odd jobs.  We used to try and pinch his tricycle if he left it up on the Common.

Phil Kelsey b 1920