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1954.... I am an 8 year old kid again! I grew up in Southmead and would visit the fair with my family. My sister Janet is in the photo with the paddling pool in a chair. She would have been 16 or 17. I am in the photo too, I am in a jumper and shorts so I wouldn't get sunburnt. I also remember the stuntman diving into a pool lit on fire.

(William Golding)