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John Pudney's memories of Winton in the 1960's

I grew up in Winton and lived in Limited Road from 1957-1975. I still have fond memories of life in the sixties having gone to Moordown St Johns school from 1956-1962, headteacher was Miss Read who had a pronounced limp and walked with the aid of a stick.

My class teachers were Miss Stock, Miss Tansey, Miss Webster, Mr Williams and Mr Adams. I then went to Winton School for Boys in Coronation Avenue but we also used facilites in Oswald Road for woodwork, metalwork, physics, chemistry and technical drawing so we all made that trek two or three times a week in all weathers either walking or cycling.

There was a tuck shop between Ensbury Park Avenue and Oswald Road which we all had to pass on the way and it did a lot of business with the schoolkids calling in for penny sweets which were abundant in the shop or putting twopence in the PK chewing gum machine on the wall outside.

Sometimes on our way home from Oswald Road we would call in at Geralds Bakery where for a penny they would sell you a bag of 'stales' which were in fact end of the day unsold cakes or pastries.

My father used to insist I had a short back and sides and always went with me to Tarrants the barbers at the bottom of Peters Hill opposite Jameson Road. It wasn't until 1965 that I was allowed to have a Boston cut which was the nearest I ever got to having a moptop style which was all the rage then.

From 1964 till 1967 I did a paper round for Warnes the newsagent and tobacconist on the opposite side of Wimborne Road to Tarrants and will always remember Mr Warne who always had a nasty smokers cough and always had a cigarette on the go.

I used to get 3/6d for Monday to Saturday mornings and 7/- for Sunday morning.

When I was old enough to drive I had lessons with the Principal driving school who were based in Old Christchurch Road. I learnt in an Austin Mini and remember my driving instructor giving me a number plate reading check which I failed. I had to wear glasses for driving and went to Lawrence the Opticians, which was in the same parade of shops as the school tuck shop, for my very first pair.