Barbara Porter Australia Feb. 24th 2004

From Original Ushaw Moor Memories BLOG

Barbara Porter Australia Feb. 24th 2004

My grandfather Frederick Vickers worked at the Ushaw Moor coal mine and lived at 29 Ladysmith Tce. All his children were born there including my mother Jane, born 1916. During WW11 I went to live with my grandparents for a short while and went to Ushaw Moor Infant School. I often saw Vicar Welby as the manse was at the end of Ladysmith Tce and I once went to tea there. My grandfather owned a big allotment in front of Ladysmith Tce where he grew vegetables and kept hens and pigs. Neighbors would come to buy fresh vegetables from him and Chrysanthemums when available. I spent many hours in summer collecting blackberries for my grandmother's yummy blackberry and apple pies. No one seemed to worry about us wandering off on our little adventures in those days although I was very young.

via Memories of Ushaw Moor: Barbara Porter Australia Feb. 24th 2004.