I remember....

• Happy days of the Grand cinema, Saturday morning pictures at the Odean cinema followed by three pence worth of chips at Mac Fish.
• Stokesburys fish ans chips.
• Victoria recreation ground.
• The National school at West Street. Priory Secondary Modern School for Girls.
• The donkey at Carisbroke Castle.
• Peticoat Lane picking blackberrys.
• The steam trains, Sunday School treats to Sandown. Oh the JOY of all the trucks and busy busy at Newport Railway Station.
• I remember that awful striped blazer the boys grammer in Lugley Street used to wear.
• My great grandfather was the publican at the now torn down public house The Trooper Inn.
• The joys of the American swing at Victoria Rec, and waving at the train going to Freshwater.
• Fishing for tiddlers in the Mill Stream.
• The wonderful carnivals and the silver and brass bands.
• The spotted windows to match your carnival programe.
• Dad working at the Post Office.
• Mr. Ablitt delivering coal with his horse and cart. Mr Moody and the milk cart.
• The sunday school where the Miss Stokesburys and Mr. Croucher taught.
• The Castle Cafe as a teenager and "those Teddyboys!"
• I returned for a visit in 1996 after leaving to emigrate in 1974 - OH JOY.There is no where in all the world like the I.O.W. Caulkheads for EVER!!!!!!!!!