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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Joan Cokes: Early Days
My father was employed as a gardener and worked in several different places. He worked for The Pier Hotel (now the George Hotel), in the garden opposite the school. In Ommanney Road, there was a garden owned by the Bugle where he also worked. That was next to a vegetable garden for The Towers. He grew the vegetables for his own family in an allotment at the top of Victoria Road.
The bridge was a toll bridge and regular users got a weekly ticket. Dad worked for the Tophams over in Norton as a gardener, and so had a weekly ticket. We children used to sneak behind a charabanc to get over the bridge without paying.
I can remember getting winkles from Pier Shore and the Common up to Bouldnor as far as Stone Pier, and prawning off the Common – I remember seeing seahorses there.
Joan Cokes nee Cooper b1918