06-Nov-2007, 04:41 AM
Noel:
It was interesting to see Jaqueline Jaciemcziuk (I think that's how it's spelled) in your post. Aeons ago, I was involved in the Leyland branch of the National Proficiency Scheme for Child Cyclists. It was a Council-supported effort, of which the coordinator was one of Councillor Jimmy Tomlinson's daughters. I was probably about 13 or 14 at the time (so it was maybe 1954 or 55?).
We had a course laid out in the yard of the council road works maintenance area, behind the old Public Hall and we ran about 60 kids through, over a 2-year period, teaching them how to survive on bicycles in the horrible traffic of the time (yeah, right!). Jackie would have been about 8 at the time, and was one of the first Eastern European names I had to struggle with.
Frank
It was interesting to see Jaqueline Jaciemcziuk (I think that's how it's spelled) in your post. Aeons ago, I was involved in the Leyland branch of the National Proficiency Scheme for Child Cyclists. It was a Council-supported effort, of which the coordinator was one of Councillor Jimmy Tomlinson's daughters. I was probably about 13 or 14 at the time (so it was maybe 1954 or 55?).
We had a course laid out in the yard of the council road works maintenance area, behind the old Public Hall and we ran about 60 kids through, over a 2-year period, teaching them how to survive on bicycles in the horrible traffic of the time (yeah, right!). Jackie would have been about 8 at the time, and was one of the first Eastern European names I had to struggle with.
Frank
Frank Damp (wife Eileen, nee Nixon)
Leyland resident 1941-1965, emigrated to the US in 1968,
retired to Anacortes, Washington State, USA in 1999.
Leyland resident 1941-1965, emigrated to the US in 1968,
retired to Anacortes, Washington State, USA in 1999.