KIDS BOOKS
Hello my name is May. I live in Kings Heath, Birmingham. It’s a very nice community. I have lived in my house for 53 years.
Years ago there used to be a wool shop. Everybody used to knit in our day. I still do.
How many balls of wool can you see? Can you think of things you can knit with wool?
My earliest memory is my ďŹ rst day at school. We had to walk all the way. There were no cars in those days.
When I was at infant school, the school was bombed. It closed so we had to go to a local house for schooling. My best friend Babs, who lived over the road, died very young.
When I married my husband we moved into a house that had no hot water and we had to go outside to use the toilet. I had given birth to twins and we had no money. I had to save to buy a pram. Life then was much harder, but more enjoyable.
People today drop rubbish everywhere. In my day there were no take aways and McDonald’s. If you dropped rubbish there would be trouble!
I’ve never felt lonely in Kings Heath. I have lots of friends in my neighbourhood. Life today is fantastic.
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