My name is John Ingham. I grew up in Keyham, and was leader of Plymouth City Council between 1991 and 1998. Having being born in Keyham and lived in the local area for 80+ years, I have come to love our great corner of the world. Join me as I reminisce, and help you to remember stories from our youth. John
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Performance
Read more: PerformanceI’m coming to the end of my growing up years at Keyham and at 10 years of age the dreaded 11+ is rapidly approaching. Much depends on the outcome, you’re almost mentally drawn into the bright future at Grammar School or the rejection by failure and spending several years at the Secondary Modern with the…
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Dockyardies
I suppose you could say that growing up in Keyham was pleasant and in many ways. In a community with spirit because of the strength of both religion and politics. There was also a strong spirit amongst “Dockyardies”, (those who worked there) and that could sometimes be shown as almost unique dark humour only known…
Plymouth Stories, from a Keyham boy.
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