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Somebody pass him a barf bag!!!
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O.K. Noel,
One of my friends married Tom Finney's son ... does that help?!!!
Ciao Karen.
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While I was an apprentice at BAC-Warton, I did an Ordinary National Diploma "sandwich" course (2 yrs) at Blackpool Technical College. The academic year ran from early Sept through April, which was the "off" season for tourism.
Blackpool is a very pleasant place when the tourists are gone. All the facilities are operational for a while after the season closes, but there aren't any tourists using them. By late October, a lot of things closed down, but the town was still there.
The college was an interesting place, as it had all kinds of things besides engineering. I used to drive a carpool which included Derek Grimshaw, whose family owned Parkinson's bakery (Derek now runs the business). The highlight of the week was Thursday, when the bakery students made bread. The four of us who car-pooled together in my 1938 Austin Ruby shared some wonderful fresh-baked loaves on the way home every week.
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. I used to drive a carpool which included Derek Grimshaw, whose family owned Parkinson's bakery (Derek now runs the business).Frank DampAnacortes, WA, USA
Is that the Derek Grimshaw I was at Farington Rose St. School with circa 1956-7 Frank?
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Hi Frank, Derek flew over the house the other night. His hobby is hot-air ballooning. I thought it was someone else (until I saw `Parkinsons` emblazoned acoss it), because it had always been white and blue coloured in the past. This balloon was was bright red and yellow. The view of Leyland must be A1 from that basket.
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I suppose with his experience in bread making Jim, he has no problem in getting the balloon to rise.
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Noel:
Timing doesn't sound right for it to be the same Derek. He was at Balshaw's a couple of years after me (he'd probably have been in the 5th form in 1959) and went to Blackpool Tech starting in the 1960/61 school year. They lived on Canberra Rd, near the top of Crawford Avenue.
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Frank, no it can't be him then. Now I come to think about it a bit longer I think the lad's name was Peter Grimshaw. I wonder if he was related.
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