Store offered sixpenny joy for teacher
When I was teaching in the 1930s, Woolworths was a boon to me.
Its slogan was "nothing over sixpence" and it was so.
We were expected to buy each child in our class a gift for the school Christmas tree and Woolies came into its own.
Pencil boxes, cakes of scented soap, paints, spinning tops, bottles of Cologne and hankies, etc.
A recent correspondent to the Diss Express was a Joy Matthews nee Randall from Wales.
Could she be John Randall's, the woodwork teacher at Eye Secondary Modern School, daughter Joycelyn?
If so I have a pair of water colours painted by her mother she might be interested in.
G E Wills, Wortham Ling
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Seeking a memento of church visit
Some years ago (February 1979), our church in Southport put on a play in All Saints' Church, Stradbroke, featuring the life of one of its former vicars, Rev J C Ryle, who went on to become the first Bishop of Liverpool.
On the visit we stayed in the homes of members of the congregation and my hostess had a marble bust of Rev J C Ryle.
I am anxious to obtain a copy and wondered if any readers of the Diss Express might have or know of a copy hidden away.
I am happy to pay or donate to charity to obtain a copy.
I can be contacted at 24 Granby Close, Southport, Merseyside, PR9 9QG or email tgeoffellis@aol.com
Geoffrey Ellis,
Southport, Merseyside
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Thursday 02 September 2010
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