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1979
I would like to get in touch with any member of staff that worked at the camp between the years of 1972 and 1974. I was employed as a dining room porter and...
David Featherstone
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Jul 4, 2007
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1980
I would like to get in touch with staff who worked at the camp between these years. I know it's a long shot as it was so many years ago. I was a dining hall...
David
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Jul 4, 2007
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1981
... between ... I was ... Hello David, group creator here, welcome aboard. If you track back to messages 868 to about 873, you get a mention. They were posted ...
Andrew
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Jul 5, 2007
12:00 am
1982
Andrew, First of all, I thank you from the bottom of my heart in starting this group. What a brilliant idea and long may it continue. I have been busy the last...
David
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Jul 6, 2007
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1983
... Thank the father of the internet, of who I've forgotten his name but mentioned in a pub quiz I compiled and compered, and other inventions for this group...
Andrew
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Jul 6, 2007
7:33 pm
1984
Hello David.. I remember "Pedro" very well His name was actually Roland. Young....he "fashioned " himself on Jason Queen..a TV character of the time He...
Yvonne Trachy
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Jul 6, 2007
7:40 pm
1985
OOps..sorry..I think I meant Jason KING..(Freudean slip??) Yvonne ... From: Yvonne Trachy To: MiddletonTowersHeyshamLancashire@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday,...
Yvonne Trachy
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Jul 6, 2007
9:03 pm
1986
... Andrew, Unfortunately, I live Manchester way. It's been 2 years since I last visited Morecambe but I'm up for another reunion do. Geronimo. ... answer. Try...
David
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Jul 7, 2007
9:59 am
1987
... Young....he "fashioned " himself on Jason Queen..a TV character of the time He actually worked in the darkrooms for Snap Happy..My husband, Alan and myself...
David
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Jul 7, 2007
10:00 am
1988
I suppose I could find time to arrange something. I've just started a new job and can't take holidays for 3 months unless I go unpaid, plus I have this bit of...
Andrew
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Jul 7, 2007
10:18 am
1989
Hi Andrew, John and me will come to the reunion just let us know the time and place. From Janet...
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Jul 7, 2007
12:04 pm
1990
... I suppose somewhere between the end of the summer holidays and November would be ideal, not too near Christmas. Either that I'll just pick a date and ...
Andrew
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Jul 7, 2007
4:22 pm
1991
A typical day began awaking to the sound of 'Sleepy shores' (I think) coming from the tinny tannoy system. I would don my white jacket & apron, pick up the...
David
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Jul 8, 2007
9:37 am
1992
Yvonne, Came across a stack of photos from my time at the camp. A few taken in 1972 in a folder saying 'Pontin's holiday photograph' by Overton Photographic...
David
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Jul 8, 2007
10:39 pm
1993
Hi there Photography on the site was done by concession In the 60`s we worked for the concessionaire Sean Hickey Early 70`s saw a new concessionaire.. a newly...
Yvonne Trachy
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Jul 9, 2007
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1994
... worked for the concessionaire Sean Hickey Early 70`s saw a new concessionaire.. a newly formed partnership, who used th address of their then local agent,...
David
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Jul 9, 2007
8:01 pm
1995
Good Luck .. All the best.. Yvonne.. ... From: David To: MiddletonTowersHeyshamLancashire@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 8:28 PM Subject: Re:...
Yvonne Trachy
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Jul 9, 2007
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1996
Young, naive, 1972 was a learning curve for me. Life at Pontins certainly brought the best out of me. It could have turned out all so different if the dining...
David
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Jul 11, 2007
4:48 pm
1997
I put the 4 groups settings to messages unmoderated, but kept new members on moderated last weekend, and still messages from new members have to meet approval...
Andrew
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Jul 11, 2007
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1998
David Featherstone <david.featherstone@...> ... Hi David/Geronimo, I worked in the dining room as a waitress in 1973 and i remember you. As I recall...
christina caddie
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Jul 11, 2007
7:54 pm
1999
Thanks for that Andrew...By the way, I was only 12 years older than you. I have quite a few piccies in my archives taken with a 2 x 2 Kodak instamatic plus...
David
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Jul 11, 2007
11:37 pm
2000
Christina, Thank goodness for groups like this. I witnessed the sad decline of Middleton Towers on the local news and felt really gutted. Checked out the full...
David
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Jul 11, 2007
11:37 pm
2001
A porter from Leeds named Len Stanton and myself became Hank's star pupils. He called us his 5star porters. This did have it's drawbacks in being efficient and...
David
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Jul 13, 2007
9:34 pm
2002
Hi I'm new to this group so I'll just say I worked at Middleton Towers in the 1977 and 1978 summer seasons and Christmas '77. I was a mere lad of 15/16 and...
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Jul 20, 2007
11:04 am
2003
... In my case I use, 'doesn't time fly when you're not sure what you are doing'! Welcome aboard and thanks for the memories, I'm sure some folks and folkesses...
Andrew
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Jul 20, 2007
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2004
We would work six out of seven days with one day off. That one day for me meant away from the camp altogether. By now, I was going steady with Marketta, a...
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Jul 26, 2007
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2005
Having just moved house i have found the following, two second edition brass middleton towers chalet keyrings bearing numbers 27 and number two,and also a...
ian dean
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Aug 1, 2007
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2006
... I noticed you had moved the last time I was down. My friend lives just round the corner from your last place, oppostite the St Barnabas Church, and more or...
Andrew
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Aug 2, 2007
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2007
From 1984 till 1988 I spent many a memorable Family holiday at Pontins. Middleton pontins holds a special place in my heart particularly since this was where...
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Aug 8, 2007
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2008
I had a holiday job at Middleton Towers in the summer of 1970 as a barman and had my 18th birthday there. I have been digging deep into my old memory to relay...
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