http://sandy.e.yuku.com/blog en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:50:11 GMT Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:00:49 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://sandy.e.yuku.com/blog Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ http://sandy.e.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2241
That day the fire would be allowed to continue burning, but before it was lit again it was time to drag furniture outside the prepab and start building it up against the side of the house.

Sweeping the chimney was great fun for us kids, if not for my Mother. The kitchen table was the first to go outside and on top of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sandy) http://sandy.e.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2241 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:50:11 GMT http://sandy.e.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2225
One of the harmless fiddles she practiced was a great source of amusement to myself and my younger sister.

We had prepaid gas and electric meters which were fed with shilling coins. This was prior to our changing to decimalisation... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sandy) http://sandy.e.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2225 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:54:11 GMT http://sandy.e.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2201 feeds@yuku.com (Sandy) http://sandy.e.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2201 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:33:54 GMT http://sandy.e.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2190 The prefabricated homes that were erected soon after the end of the Second World War were an absolute life saver to the British people.

Whole estates of prefabs were constructed to provide accommodation for those made homeless and ongoing slum clearance. Almost 160,000 had been built in the UK by 1948 at a cost of close to £216 million.

Prefabs were... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sandy) http://sandy.e.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2190 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:35:40 GMT http://sandy.e.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2185 Photo: Myself at the age of 2 with my eldest Sister.

So you think you are coming in at the beginning. Everyone starts at the beginning don't they? Well think again.

Not being a writer and virtually having had no decent formal education after the age of about eleven I do not have the word power or the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sandy) http://sandy.e.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2185 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:44:04 GMT http://sandy.e.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2184
Selsdon at that time was very countrified. We lived around the corner to what is now Selsdon Nature reserve but in my time it was the most amazing Bluebell Woods. Also in the immediate area were what we called the Primrose Woods. Absolutely beautiful. Sadly along with many bluebells, primroses died out and much of those beautiful... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sandy) http://sandy.e.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2184 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:41:12 GMT