[shillelagh]

I was 7 when i went to school on my own for the first time. Crossed the end of northfield road then crossed the road at the zebra crossing (as it was then now its a pedestrian crossing) then crossed rising bridge road up to school. I thought i was so grown up especially because my next door neighbour older than me (by 5 days) was still being took by her mum! lol First time being left on my own in the house was when i was 10 when i kicked up a fuss about going down accy with mum & dad on sat morning and doing the shopping. So mum locked me in and went down accy with dad. First time i went on a bus on my own 11 i had to practice because i was going to the high school and needed to catch a bus - it was 7p to haslingden so mum used to give me 30p 14p for bus fares and the rest for sweets on my way to and from school. The only thing was coming home if i caught the bus at the stop outside school then it was 9p if i walked into the centre of haslingden it was 7p so more often than not i walked up the road to hassy centre. If it was raining or during winter though used to pay the 9p!!! lol