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Margaret talks about her first job in the 1940's.  

When Margaret and Ted lived in Riverton UK they invited neighbours into for a fireworks night, which got a bit out of control.  They also had a neighbour who took quite a bit of managing.  

Margaret's family is spread far and wide across the World, but they still find time to visit each other and are a close knit family.  

Margaret shares a tale about a difficult neighbour, who eventually became a very good friend.  

Margaret talks about her High School teachers and particularly remembers the Head Mistress, Miss Lucy E Saville.

Margaret's favourite lessons at high school were Latin and English.  She particularly enjoyed English language and literature and was very good at spelling.   However, she did not enjoy Algebra and Geometry as she missed a term and found it difficult to catch up.  

  Margaret's children loved pets and over the years they had cats, dogs, up to 70 lizards, butterflies and guiinea pigs, but nothing can compete with the time at Adrian tried to capture a wild Parente Monitor Lizard near Alice Springs, Australia.            

Education was important to Margaret's parents, and it was expected that both she and her eldest brother would attend university, but World War II but a stop to that.  Margaret started school at the age of 5 in 1930 and shares some of her experiences in the early years of her...

Margaret tells us about her introduction to the WRNS in September 1943.  She was initially posted to Millhill in London where she spent 6 weeks convalescing after she fell down the stairs and broke her wrist, after which she was posted to Northern Ireland.    

Margaret recall her Golden Wedding anniverary weekend in the Barossa Valley, South Australia. During the walk Margaret fell faint and Ted went for help ...... they were finally reunited in hospital early the next morning after a major search by Police and SES. A unique anniversary.  

Margaret recalls the fashions of the 1930's both in terms of clothes and hair. With a sister who was training to be a hairdresser Margaret soon became her model. Margaret also recalls the tunes of the time and going to the cinema where all the films were in black and white...

Margaret recalls the physical changes of her youth and it affected her life.  

Margaret was born in 1925 and her she recalls the household routines of her childhood in Lincoln, England.  

Margaret was 13 when she got her first pet - an Olde English Sheepdpg!  

Margaret recalls her friends and the games they played. Her brothers loved hammering nails into planks amongst other things!

Margaret recalls her early childhood and the fun gained from life's simple pleasures.

Margaret talks about her extended family - from the past aand extending into the future.

Margaret recalls her brothers and sister and her happy childhood.

Margaret talks about her parents and says she could not have wished for better or more caring parents.

Margaret talks about her grandparents. One of her grandfathers dies when his fishing trawler was lost at sea leaving his wife to bring up five children in Grimsby. A story of courage and perseverence.