Family Walking Along The Promenade After Attending Portobello Old Parish Church On A Sunday Morning 1949
1949
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(L-R) – Myra (aged 10), Betty (aged 17), and Charles (aged 15) Divine
The three of them were walking home along the promenade after attending church. They all went to Towerbank School and visited the swimming baths once a week. Sometimes when heading home from church Charles would want to play football with his friends on the beach but his older sister would try to stop him. After playing football his clothes would be dirty, so he would visit his grandmother at Bellfield lane to get cleaned up again. At home, his mother would know that he had been playing football, because his shoes would be white from the salt water.
Portobello Old Parish Church is now, since 2018, the Bellfield Community Centre.
Donor number: 0565-001
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