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The Life Of An English Boy In The 1920-30s. The Life of an English boy in
the 1920-30s By Deana Aref My Grandpas name is Ian Rayner ...
... roots in European operetta, Viennese, French and English. ... positive element except
the rudimentary boy-girl relationship ... by the tough conditions of pioneer life. ...
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The Life of an English boy in the 1920-30s
By Deana Aref
My Grandpa’s name is Ian Rayner Nichols, Rayner being his mother’s maiden name. He was born on the 18th December, 1924 to Winifred and Frederick Nichols. They already had three sons, Ronald, Geoffrey and Derrick and a daughter called Cynthia. Three years after Grandpa was born, they had another son called Terrence. They lived at 148 Hilliard Road in Northwood, Middlesex, England and continued to live there till he was seven years of age, when they moved to a new house; seven, Hazelwood Drive in Northwood Hills, county of Middlesex.
His mother Winifred was in service at a large house in Northwood before she met Frederick Nichols, my great grandfather. Winifred’s family came from Bramford in Essex and her only brother worked for the Foreign Office in Sierra Leone on the North West coast of Africa as Lord Mayor.
Great grandpa or ‘Pops” as he was affectionately known as, was fortunate enough to run his own thriving business supplying building materials to construction firms in and around the Northwood area. His haulage firm had 15 to20 shire horses pulling and heaving the outsized carts that were laden with building materials. Apparently, Pops’ business was the first in Northwood to start operating a motorized lorry. What a shame to know that those magnificent shire horses, the backbone of England’s rural work force had been made redundant and put out to pasture all in the name of progress!
Whilst growing up in the 1920’s and 30’s, life for Grandpa and his family seemed to be peaceful and untroubled. Television or “Game Boys” and “Playstations”were unheard of so the children would draw on their own creativity and resourcefulness to entertain and amuse themselves at weekends and holidays. There were no boundaries to their eager young minds and most of the entertainment or made up games would entertain for hours on end. The inert...
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