I was in The Sunshine Six, a dance troupe of local girls. We used to go and put on entertainments for the troops at Savoy and Norton.
One night I remember when we were dancing, I kicked and my shoe came off, and it landed in the Colonel’s lap. He came and presented it to me afterwards. Annette Haynes nee Holloway b 1929
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Annette Haynes: Free Time, Concerts and pantomimes, 1940s,1950s
Annette Holloway as Demon Glum in Pantomime at Con Club
Our pantomimes were always very well supported. So many people were in them and others came to watch. We used to go to Mrs Hans Hamilton’s house sometimes rehearsing for the pantomimes. I always remember this fire in the middle of the room.
Annette Haynes nee Holloway
Pat Burt, Annette Haynes, Shops, Higginbothams 1950s
Higginbotham’s now Marlborough House, dentist’s.
Then there was Higginbothams shop; half was a drapers and half was a grocers. He had a wooden leg, Mr Higginbotham the draper, Tim’s grandfather. I used to go in there and buy cotton. You could buy material, all sorts, it was amazing what they kept in there. Higginbothams was up the top where the dentist is now, in Marlborough House.
Pat Burt nee Adams and Annette Haynes nee Holloway b 1929
Eileen Smith, Annette Haynes, Pat Burt, Pauline Harwood, Shops: Mills 1930s
On Tuesdays, Yarmouth used to smell of frying onions. It was ‘liver and onions’ day as the pigs had been slaughtered. Mills had a fresh pork carcass twice a week.
Eileen Smith nee Lansdowne b 1921
Advertisement for Mills grocers,
Harry Mills used to make the most wonderful sausages.
I can remember a lorry backing in there and then they would let the pig out. I can still hear the pigs squealing. Pat Burt nee Adams, Annette Haynes nee Holloway b 1929
It used to be our treat on Saturdays to buy Mills lovely sausages for Saturday tea. Pauline Harwood nee Hatch b 1930
Shops: Kelseys Confectioners 1930s
Advertisement for Kelseys Confectioners in the Square, 1920s, 1930s
Laurie Kelsey was in charge. Laurie, we didn’t know her by that. We used to call her Aunt Annie. She was nice, she was deaf, wasn’t she. She used to have long tray of sweets uncovered, with a glass top on and she always had a chair in the corner for us little’uns to get up on to so we could have a good look to see what sweets she’d got. She sold toys and all. Next to that was Saxbury’s souvenirs, postcards, mostly things about the Island, Yarmouth and all that. Phil Kelsey b 1920
We used to run into Kelsey’s, stand on the chair they had and choose our sweets from the big glass jars. We couldn’t see over the counter. Pat Burt nee Adams b 1929 and Annette Haynes nee Holloway b 1929
b 1929
Pat Burt: Free Time, Brownies and Guides 1940s
Pat Burt, Heather Doe, with Mrs Hans Hamilton at Guide camp 1945
Mrs Hamilton used to take us into Thorley Copse, in the middle there where the paths cross. We used to have fires in there in the copse. It was used by the public then,but it may have been owned by Thorley Manor. We used it all the time rather than Mill Copse. We used to pick primroses; just the flowers, we never took the plants.
We couldn’t go camping during the war so the only Guide camp I went to, was in August 1945. Mrs Hamilton took us camping at St Helens.
Annette’s not in the photo, she dropped out of guides because she started work at 14 so she was probably working. Pat Burt nee Adams b 1929