We don't need a gunboat - let Ernest loose on them. I am very young, well a forties baby and that's quite young, and I remember Empire Day in York. It sort of coincided with a walk or something called Whit Monday walk and all the flags were out and the Bar walls were decorated with bunting. Also, I still have my Sooty puppet, minus a bit of sawdust stuffing from his head. I got knocked over and Dad bought me the puppet to cheer me up. Does anyone remember a very small comedian called ... Jimmy something or other? Di

Jimmy Clitheroe Di? Chris Dianne Millward wrote: >We don't need a gunboat - let Ernest loose on them. I am very young, well a forties baby and that's quite young, and I remember Empire Day in York. It sort of coincided with a walk or something called Whit Monday walk and all the flags were out and the Bar walls were decorated with bunting. Also, I still have my Sooty puppet, minus a bit of sawdust stuffing from his head. I got knocked over and Dad bought me the puppet to cheer me up. Does anyone remember a very small comedian called ... Jimmy something or other? >Di > > >==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== >Visit Where your ancestors lived..... >SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.14 - Release Date: 20/05/2005

Jimmy Clitheroe. I remember Empire Day at the end of the war. We scruffy little boy's sat in the hall of Flying Bull Lane school. Leg's crossed, arms folded backs straight, listening to the Headmaster "Woebetide any boy that misbehaves." So we sat there awaiting a back hander to the back of the head. Or, the cane across the shoulder. That's how we waited for the Radio Relay receiver to be switched on. Of course their were always those that tried to make you laugh or whisper, just as there was always the waiting backhander for the usual suspects. I don't think I have happy memories of Empire Day I 'm sure the Headmaster was a Mr Harvey. A very strict, Victorian Disciplinarian. I suppose he had to be with boys from underprivileged & poor homes in the Rudmore area of Pompey. Seamus ...(Tout á fait Chevalier ) All mail scanned with Norton's 2004 updated ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dianne Millward" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 5:55 PM Subject: [HantsLife] Gunboat We don't need a gunboat - let Ernest loose on them. I am very young, well a forties baby and that's quite young, and I remember Empire Day in York. It sort of coincided with a walk or something called Whit Monday walk and all the flags were out and the Bar walls were decorated with bunting. Also, I still have my Sooty puppet, minus a bit of sawdust stuffing from his head. I got knocked over and Dad bought me the puppet to cheer me up. Does anyone remember a very small comedian called ... Jimmy something or other? Di ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== Visit Where your ancestors lived..... SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

That is all too long ago, I left there in 1950, I can only remember the 1st class was Miss Morgans ?? and the last class was Mr Goddens. We used to listen to Larry The Lamb on the class radio. Pete -----Original Message----- From: 894moo-poo [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 22 May 2005 11:17 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HantsLife] Gunboat Jimmy Clitheroe. I remember Empire Day at the end of the war. We scruffy little boy's sat in the hall of Flying Bull Lane school. Leg's crossed, arms folded backs straight, listening to the Headmaster "Woebetide any boy that misbehaves." So we sat there awaiting a back hander to the back of the head. Or, the cane across the shoulder. That's how we waited for the Radio Relay receiver to be switched on. Of course their were always those that tried to make you laugh or whisper, just as there was always the waiting backhander for the usual suspects. I don't think I have happy memories of Empire Day I 'm sure the Headmaster was a Mr Harvey. A very strict, Victorian Disciplinarian. I suppose he had to be with boys from underprivileged & poor homes in the Rudmore area of Pompey. Seamus ...(Tout á fait Chevalier ) All mail scanned with Norton's 2004 updated ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dianne Millward" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 5:55 PM Subject: [HantsLife] Gunboat We don't need a gunboat - let Ernest loose on them. I am very young, well a forties baby and that's quite young, and I remember Empire Day in York. It sort of coincided with a walk or something called Whit Monday walk and all the flags were out and the Bar walls were decorated with bunting. Also, I still have my Sooty puppet, minus a bit of sawdust stuffing from his head. I got knocked over and Dad bought me the puppet to cheer me up. Does anyone remember a very small comedian called ... Jimmy something or other? Di ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== Visit Where your ancestors lived..... SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx