One from my personal album showing me (on the right) wearing the beautiful High Mass vestments in my role as Sacristan at St.Alban the Martyr in Westcliff on Sea. Also in the picture are Mother Phyllis Owen and Fr.Phil Roberts. The occasion was the dedication of the statue of Our Lady of Walsingham in memory of my predesessor, Bill Sanders. If you have a personal picture you'd like to feature in this spot, e-mail it to me.
Tapping's (we pronounced Tappin's) sweet shop was just around the corner from my Junior School in Hargrave Park and later on my daily route to High School in Chester Road. My friends and I used to spend hours with our noses on the glass of his sweet display trying to decide on what we could best spend our couple of pennies. He never rushed us. We thought he was great!
ReplyDeleteThanks for those memories Sue. I've reprinted them under Tom's photograph. Do you remember the other Dartmouth Park Hill sweet shop run by Mrs.FitzGerald (or Mrs Fitz) as we called her.
ReplyDeleteAlvin got knocked down by a chauffer driven car outside that shop!
A Rolls Royce no less, I always liked to do things in style!
ReplyDeleteI was 6 at the time.
That's just showing off, Alvin!
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