My family moved from the Isle of Wight in January 1950. I was eleven years old. We took up residence at No. 2 F Block Clarence Barracks Married Quarters. It was exciting living close to the sea. I made a lot of friends with other kids who,s fathers were soldiers. My friends came from all over the globe where their fathers had been stationed. We played in what today are described as adventure playgrounds. Ours were bomb craters and half destroyed buildings, courtesy of the Luftwaffe.
I witnessed the 1952 Fleet review at Spithead when Buster Crabbe went missing and the radio reporter was the worse for drink when he reported on the fireworks display. I lived there untill I left school and joined the Army Apprentices School at Harrogate. During the summer holidays I worked on Billy Mannings Fair next to the Clarence Pier which was a burnt out wreck then. They were happy days and I knew every cinema in Portsmouth and Southsea.
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My family moved from the Isle of Wight in January 1950. I was eleven years old. We took up residence at No. 2 F Block Clarence Barracks Married Quarters. It was exciting living close to the sea. I made a lot of friends with other kids who,s fathers were soldiers. My friends came from all over the globe where their fathers had been stationed. We played in what today are described as adventure playgrounds. Ours were bomb craters and half destroyed buildings, courtesy of the Luftwaffe. 
