Author Archives: Ramsey Grammar School
Mrs Margret Kelly
Margret Kelly (Grandmother of Abbie Kelly) interviewed at Ramsey Grammar School on 29th March 2010.
Eddie Teare MHK
Interverview at Ramsey Grammar on 29th March 2010. Where did you live as a child? I lived in Ballaugh for a couple of months before moving to Andreas and finally Sulby. My Dad owned a farm in Sulby which I [...]
Catherine Airey
When were you born? I was born on 2nd December 1945. What was your school life like? I used to catch the bus to Bride because that was the school I went to. There were 2 classes, and in the [...]
Juan and Angela Corkish
Juan was born in 1941 in the makeshift maternity ward in Towerhouse, and he lived underneath that ward during his childhood. He went to Albert Road primary school when Mr Walker was head teacher. Albert Road was split into two [...]
Barbara Kneen
1. What has been your favourite holiday so far and why? Err.. When I went to America. Roy and I went to America because we had won a competition. The competition was to go on the Concorde to New York [...]
Shirley and Geoffrey Martin
We based the interview on their past and memories from around the time of the Second World War and when they were our age (13/14) “What do you remember about the second world war?†â€Well I remember the blackouts, there [...]
Herbert Christian
We interviewed Katie’s Grand dad Herbert Christian at 79 talked about all of his previous jobs and his time in the navy. Herbert was born (in 4 College Street ) and raised in Ramsey, unfortunately his father died when he [...]
Geoff and Audrey Smith
On Monday the 30th of March 2009, we went to interview Geoff and Audrey Smith aged 82 and 81. We wanted to know how their childhood was and if the war affected it. We began on asking them about their [...]
Frank Ronald Fairbairn
Ronnie was born on a farm in Marown He grew up with 3 brothers and two sisters Ronnie left home when he was 14 years old and then lived with his boss on the 12th of October every year if [...]
Madeline Grose
It all started in 1945 when Madeline Grose was born. She grew up in the village of Laxey, aswell as going to Laxey primary. The second school Madeline attended was Ballakermeen High School. Her clothes were starched and hand-made. Punishments [...]
Bernard Callow and Louie Kinrade
Old people are interesting – tell me! Our first interviewee was Louie; he was born in 1921 at Confederate Cottage in Bride. He was born there and he still lives there now! When he was a child he lived with [...]
Sandra Hall
My Interview was with my Nan, Sandra Hall. She was born on the 20th of March 1947 that means she was born just after the war had ended, making her now 62. When my Nan was a few months old [...]
James Toseland
Interviews with James Toseland June 16th 2009 Kyle Withington 1. Where did you go to school? Doncaster and I was raised in Sheffield 2. What was your favourite subject? Music, I enjoyed it and found it easy because I had [...]
Richard Leach
School days I was born in Ashburnham in Sussex and I lived in Belvedere in London. I went to a Junior School there for a while but then my father decided that because of the war we would be safer [...]
Tony Cowley
What primary did you go to? Murray’s Road. What high school did you go to? King Williams. What was it like? Wasn’t very good because I was looked in all the time and was far away from home. Did you [...]