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by Marian Shattock
Sat Jul 20, 2013 8:24 am
Forum: R.A. Lister & Co. Ltd
Topic: Gilbert and Sullivan
Replies: 0
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Gilbert and Sullivan

My dad worked at R.A.Lister's through the war.
Each year they put on a Gibert and Sullivan operetta.
This was my introduction to it.
I was most impressed when I saw a class member from school on the stage.
I think his name was Sammy Webber.
by Marian Shattock
Sat Jul 20, 2013 8:01 am
Forum: Old photographs of the Dursley area
Topic: Netherton Nursing Home, Cam
Replies: 2
Views: 5630

Re: Netherton Nursing Home, Cam

Thanks for the reply. I found the name on my birth certificate.
Marian
by Marian Shattock
Fri Jul 19, 2013 1:07 pm
Forum: Schools
Topic: Upper Cam Girls Church of England School
Replies: 6
Views: 15268

Re: Upper Cam Girls Church of England School

I went to this school through the war. I must have started in 1939 or 40. I have a photo on my first day there, complete with gas mask. I remember using a slate and chalk. Also the water pump with a metal cup on a chain, in the playground. I left in 1946 when my father changed his job. Lister's up u...
by Marian Shattock
Fri Jul 19, 2013 12:56 pm
Forum: Old photographs of the Dursley area
Topic: Netherton Nursing Home, Cam
Replies: 2
Views: 5630

Netherton Nursing Home, Cam

I was born in the Netherton Nursing Home, Cam, in 1935.
I vaguely remember being shown it some years later but apart from it being on the main road through Lower Cam, I have no idea where it was.
Can anybody help, please. Is there a photo available?
Thank you.