tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post6274181934608237637..comments2024-03-29T11:42:03.094+00:00Comments on A Yorkshire Memoir: Great Yarmouth, June 1960Tasker Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-12144508458602915612019-06-21T11:43:28.386+01:002019-06-21T11:43:28.386+01:00I would have been too shy to say hello even if I&#...I would have been too shy to say hello even if I'd known, but I've often wondered about who we walk past at the seaside, or in a busy city, or particularly who we drive past on motorway journeys. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-41789965918247414972019-06-20T21:23:23.518+01:002019-06-20T21:23:23.518+01:004/6 was quite a lot to hand over while he went to ...4/6 was quite a lot to hand over while he went to the pictures. We probably passed you on the seafront, family of 6 walking the other way. Nice read, thank you.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-16789866481818994632019-06-20T21:12:15.330+01:002019-06-20T21:12:15.330+01:00Hadn't thought about that until you pointed it...Hadn't thought about that until you pointed it out because I sometimes use it too, meaning temporary accommodation. Have had to look it up - late 19th century: short for diggings, used in the same sense, probably referring to the land where a farmer digs, i.e. works and, by extension, lives. I've heard entertainers who appeared in seaside shows referring to staying in digs. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-23816117821292094622019-06-20T18:49:05.012+01:002019-06-20T18:49:05.012+01:00I enjoyed that read very much. Your father sounds ...I enjoyed that read very much. Your father sounds like he was a reflective and thoughtful person. I also very much liked his use of 'digs'. I say it from time to time myself, but notice that some folk do not know what I am talking about! Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-74614206009989844762019-06-19T15:56:20.903+01:002019-06-19T15:56:20.903+01:00peteypops44 :) In the years before we usually went...peteypops44 :) In the years before we usually went to the Yorkshire coast on the bus or train. Afterwards we hired cars and drove what seemed long distances to Kent and Hampshire. Eventually we got our own car and managed further afield, such as Aberdeen and Devon. Never went abroad. Simple times. Did you ever bring back kippers or bloaters - or send them through the post? I feel a new post coming on. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-39908756660937249282019-06-19T15:25:36.095+01:002019-06-19T15:25:36.095+01:00My Dad had a car in 1960, so we always drove there...My Dad had a car in 1960, so we always drove there and back on holiday. Most years, we stayed with a relative (Dad's cousin) in Cornwall, for two weeks. He was an elderly bachelor who had served in the RFC during WW1. I loved to listen to his stories.<br />There were no shows or rides to go on, and we made our own entertainment on the beach. The high-spot of the holiday was always fish and chips one night, and a cream tea before we came home. My Mum would bring a tin of clotted cream back, so we could replicate the experience in London.<br />Love those memories of a much simpler life.<br />Best wishes, Pete. (Beetleypete)peteypops44@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16963847941389743242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-28214560150327096382019-06-19T14:46:13.039+01:002019-06-19T14:46:13.039+01:00I have impressions of the car we went in, walking ...I have impressions of the car we went in, walking along the promenade, the boating lake, the layout of the town, being on the beach, the shows we saw and the train home when I was particularly worried by the sandwiches incident at March station. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-22057729082354949222019-06-19T13:12:28.158+01:002019-06-19T13:12:28.158+01:00Interesting to read your father's notes about ...Interesting to read your father's notes about this holiday! Do you personally remember it?Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.com