Cecil

Barrie's Dad, Cecil, was a tanner and Mark remembers being told of the time when a flashy salesman in a brand new white suit came to the tannery. He was being shown around the tannery - around the grounds there were big pits of tanning effluent which was a green colour but as dust etc settled on it it looked like dirt and the salesman just walked right into one of the pits.

Returning bottles

Mark, Helen and Marion used to collect old glass soft drink bottles - which at that time could b returned to the shop for cash. They put them in the double go cart and sent the little kids into the shop to get the 5 cent refund. The little kids had to go to the shop - but the big kids kept the money.