A Trip Down Memory Lane
Everyone is an expert in their own past
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Welcome to the Memory Lane Webquest!
  Photograph of a street sign for 'Memory Lane'. This sign is from Darlaston (WS10). There are other Memory Lanes in: Wolverhampton, Leicester, Dumfries and Galloway
Are you sitting comfortably?

I hope you are ready to take a stroll down ‘Memory Lane’. This Webquest gives you the chance to remember your past and to preserve your memories by creating your own autobiography booklet.

The story of your life is unique. When you finish this Webquest you will have created an heirloom for the future and something that younger generations will find fascinating.

For example:

How did you play games without a computer?
What was half a crown?
How do you make bubble and squeak?
What is a twin-tub?

As you work through this Webquest, you may develop your Internet and word-processing skills. I think you will find the tasks interesting.

 Click on the links on the left hand side to continue or Move to INTRODUCTION     Whilst every effort is made to ensure that the information displayed in this webquest is correct and up to date, no guarantees of accuracy and currency are given. The views expressed in the ‘Memory Lane’ webquest are not necessarily those of the Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, therefore, no such responsibility is accepted for the accuracy, content and currency.
Photograph of an old hand tool with a wooden handle. The wooden handle is fitted with a pointed metal rod. The metal rod has a metal handle with a hinge (The hinged metal handle is like part of a pair of secateurs). What is it? The answer is below.

What is this?

It is a Bodger - used for making rugs. Part of the collection at Walsall Museum.