Pat Bottomley (nee Mooney) was born in Slough in 1935. In 1941, after German bombs destroyed their house, the family were moved to Windermere. They were the third family to move onto Calgarth Estate, which was still under construction at that time, and Pat's father worked in the stores at the Short Brothers factory at White Cross Bay. They lived at 13 Beck Island Road and Pat's grandparents lived next door at number 15. Pat had to attend school in Ambleside until Calgarth Primary School opened in December 1942.

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