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katex · 07-12-2005, 22:26

Aren't we lucky that most of us can afford to go abroad for holidays? Catch the sun in winter and a week here in the sun, a week there.
I have happy memories of the town closing mid-July and the station platform being crowded with an abundance of the population of Accrington excitingly awaiting the train heading to the West coast ... all classes sharing the camaraderie.
My destination was always Fleetwood, staying in someone's spare bedroom, my mum going to the market to buy the food to cook for tea.
Can't really remember the bad weather, except one particular occasion, when I had gone in the sea and the wind and rain demanded to appear. The sand, which is very fine at Fleetwood ,was beating against my legs and my Dad coming to help me back to the chalet we always hired on the beach.

My friend, who now has retired to Spain, used to go to places like Torquay in their Austin A7 and I thought that was very grand.

How times change, *****s me off when people grumble about their holidays abroad, know what I mean ?

07-12-2005, 22:26	#1
katex Resting in Peace Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Clayton-le-Moors Posts: 10,551 Blog Entries: 3 Liked: 16 times Rep Power: 11259	Sunny Holidays Aren't we lucky that most of us can afford to go abroad for holidays? Catch the sun in winter and a week here in the sun, a week there. I have happy memories of the town closing mid-July and the station platform being crowded with an abundance of the population of Accrington excitingly awaiting the train heading to the West coast ... all classes sharing the camaraderie. My destination was always Fleetwood, staying in someone's spare bedroom, my mum going to the market to buy the food to cook for tea. Can't really remember the bad weather, except one particular occasion, when I had gone in the sea and the wind and rain demanded to appear. The sand, which is very fine at Fleetwood ,was beating against my legs and my Dad coming to help me back to the chalet we always hired on the beach. My friend, who now has retired to Spain, used to go to places like Torquay in their Austin A7 and I thought that was very grand. How times change, *****s me off when people grumble about their holidays abroad, know what I mean ?