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Text Box: The newsletter of the Magic Attic Swadlincote’s Local History Archive Established 1987

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Text Box:            This year saw the Magic Attic celebrate its 21st anniversary. Since its simple beginnings in an attic above the South Derbyshire Snooker Centre, in April 1987 the archive has grown into a resource which not only serves the local community but also receives numerous visitors from beyond our local boundaries. Names from America, Canada, Australia, and many other countries, appear in our visitors book alongside those from Swadlincote, Newhall, Gresley, Woodville and other nearby places.            Following the archive’s move into Sharpe’s premises in West Street, Swadlincote during late 2002 the Magic Attic became a registered charity. Seven “hands-on” trustees along with 28 volunteers, from diverse backgrounds, give their time and skills for free, and because of their input and ideas, the Magic Attic has been taken down routes which were never dreamt of in its early years. Their efforts in raising funds through various ways plus the donations and goodwill from the public, have up to now, allowed us to cover the overheads incurred for our premises and we hope this will continue.            We hope our new quarterly newsletter is of interest and gives an insight to some of the Attic’s past achievements, plus our projects, displays and other items planned for the future.

Text Box: OUR LATEST EXHIBITION, IN THE KILN AT SHARPE’S POTTERY,  DISPLAYED HORTICULTURAL PICTURES FROM LOCAL GARDEN SHOWS FROM 1922 TO 1976.

 

Text Box: THIS WAS CO-ORDINATED BY PAM FEARN A  REGULAR VOLUNTEER AT THE MAGIC ATTIC

      

Text Box: What a lot we’ve got!! My first contact with the Magic Attic was in December last year, when I visited a photographic exhibition. I was fascinated by the range of exhibits on show and was given a tour by members.   I came down the following week to see if there was any way I could become involved with the work the Magic Attic was doing. Little did I know! I was asked if I’d mind ‘sorting out the maps’ as quite a few had been acquired since they had last been catalogued. I began sorting them into chronological order and noting down the details. I’d almost finished cataloguing them when …….. another load of maps appeared! I quickly finished hanging the first lot of maps, then began cataloguing the new arrivals, when ….. another load of maps appeared! This happened yet again soon afterwards, but slowly I sorted them out, finishing in June. I was mightily relieved, when ….. some more appeared, followed shortly afterwards by yet more!   By this time we had run out of storage space, so the latecomers could only be sorted and stored in folders, ready for cataloguing when we had more space. We now have about 500 maps, mainly OS, going back almost 200 years, covering South Derbyshire. Lately we have incorporated Burton and East Staffs down to Lichfield, in various scales from 1:25000 to 1:500.   So, if you want to see how South Derbyshire has changed over the past 200 years, come down to the Magic Attic and see our collection.   Maps?   What a lot we’ve got!   Bob Cox Text Box: A Bridge Too Far (September 1960).  By volunteer David Feltham   There must, I suspect, be many of the older generation of local people who will be able to recall with some clarity the time, or even times, in some cases, when they were apprehended by a uniformed member of the police force after being caught riding their bicycle over the Ferry Bridge and viaduct.    As they were well aware, this was strictly prohibited until recent years and anyone who chose to ignore the warning notices at both the Stapenhill and Burton approaches to the bridge, risked having to pay a fine of forty shillings (£2) if caught breaking the law in this regard.    I could not even begin to guess the total number of cyclists who fell foul of the law over the great many years that these restrictions were in force forbidding them to ride over the Ferry Bridge, but I feel that I can state with some confidence that I know how many drivers have been caught and sentenced after driving a car over the structure- one!    This particular incident occurred during the very early hours of Sunday, July 24th 1960, when a Humber Hawk, driven by a man in his late thirties who was later found to have consumed nearly a gallon of beer (4.50 litres), was seen heading towards Derby Turn and driving in a dangerous manner. On reaching the traffic lights which then stood at the junction, he turned to go over Little Burton Bridge towards the town but collided with an iron bollard, damaging the car’s nearside wing and puncturing the front nearside tyre. Undeterred, he then set off down Derby Street in the direction of Borough Road and Station Bridge with the damaged tyre flapping about and making a terrible din.    The tyre finally came off half-way down Station Street but he carried on where, at the junction of High Street, he ignored the attempts of a police officer who tried to stop him by waving a torch before having to leap out of the way as the car flashed noisily past him, throwing showers of sparks up from the rim of the tyreless wheel. Hurtling up High Street, the car was then seen to career across the Memorial Gardens, down the passageway past the Technical College, demolishing two bollards on the way and then driven on to the Ferry Bridge viaduct heading towards Stapenhill, deep gouge marks in the tarmac marking the driver’s route.    After driving across the viaduct, narrowly missing a young woman who was fortunate enough to be close to one of the sloping side paths that lead off the viaduct, the man then crossed the Ferry Bridge, drove up the Dingle on to Ferry Street and then turned on to Main Street, by which time a police patrol car had been alerted. Despite a number of attempts to stop the vehicle, the car was not brought to a halt until it had reached Etwall, having been driven roughly thirteen miles in a highly reckless and dangerous manner.    The man, who came from Coventry, was later sent for trial.

Text Box: Derbyshire Family History Society 2008 South Derbyshire Meeting Group    3rd Wednesday in the Month 7.30pm The Magic Attic Reading Room, Sharpe’s Heritage Centre, West Street, Swadlincote     September 17th   The Ashby Workhouse     Ken Hillier October 15th       What’s in a Name             Jane James November 19th    The Origins of Sayings     Ian Hingley December 17th         Christmas Social  

Text Box:               Friday  and  Saturday  evening (November 21st & 22nd)  will  see  “Out  of  the  Hat”,  a  group  made  up  of  volunteers  from  the  Magic  Attic  and  other  local  people,  perform  their  fourth  annual  concert  in  the  kiln  at  Sharpe’s  Pottery.  What  began  as  just  a  laugh during  a  party  a  few  years  back  has  developed  into  a  two  night  event  that  sells  out  almost  as  soon  as  the  tickets  go  on  sale.               This  year’s  offering  will  use  four  local  anniversaries  as  its  main  theme  which  will  include the  Magic  Attic  celebrating  its  21st. birthday. However, some  items  which  have  proved  favourites  with  past  audiences,  such  as  John  Worker’s  poems  and  songs  of  Woodville  Parade  and  Green’s  Pottery,  and  “Riding  on  the  712  to  Measham”  from  the  rest  of  the  group,  will  be  included.  The  show,  entitled  “Magic,  Murder  and  Memories”,  like  all  others  will  be  enhanced  by photographs  and  film  prepared  by  the  Attic’s  Keith  Foster  which  will  be  projected  on  to  the  wall  of  the  kiln.               The  doors  open  at  7pm  on  each  evening  and  the  show  kicks off  at  7.30.  Tickets  are  £5  and  available  from  the  Magic  Attic  or  Sharpe’s  reception.

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LOCAL HISTORY                                 LOCAL HERITAGE                            FROM LOCAL FOLK
Text Box: What a lot we’ve got!! My first contact with the Magic Attic was in December last year, when I visited a photographic exhibition. I was fascinated by the range of exhibits on show and was given a tour by members.  I came down the following week to see if there was any way I could become involved with the work the Magic Attic was doing. Little did I know! I was asked if I’d mind ‘sorting out the maps’ as quite a few had been acquired since they had last been catalogued. I began sorting them into chronological order and noting down the details. I’d almost finished cataloguing them when …….. another load of maps appeared! I quickly finished hanging the first lot of maps, then began cataloguing the new arrivals, when ….. another load of maps appeared! This happened yet again soon afterwards, but slowly I sorted them out, finishing in June. I was mightily relieved, when ….. some more appeared, followed shortly afterwards by yet more!  By this time we had run out of storage space, so the latecomers could only be sorted and stored in folders, ready for cataloguing when we had more space. We now have about 500 maps, mainly OS, going back almost 200 years, covering South Derbyshire. Lately we have incorporated Burton and East Staffs down to Lichfield, in various scales from 1:25000 to 1:500.  So, if you want to see how South Derbyshire has changed over the past 200 years, come down to the Magic Attic and see our collection. Maps?   What a lot we’ve got!  Bob Cox Text Box: A Bridge Too Far (September 1960).  By volunteer David Feltham   There must, I suspect, be many of the older generation of local people who will be able to recall with some clarity the time, or even times, in some cases, when they were apprehended by a uniformed member of the police force after being caught riding their bicycle over the Ferry Bridge and viaduct.    As they were well aware, this was strictly prohibited until recent years and anyone who chose to ignore the warning notices at both the Stapenhill and Burton approaches to the bridge, risked having to pay a fine of forty shillings (£2) if caught breaking the law in this regard.    I could not even begin to guess the total number of cyclists who fell foul of the law over the great many years that these restrictions were in force forbidding them to ride over the Ferry Bridge, but I feel that I can state with some confidence that I know how many drivers have been caught and sentenced after driving a car over the structure- one!    This particular incident occurred during the very early hours of Sunday, July 24th 1960, when a Humber Hawk, driven by a man in his late thirties who was later found to have consumed nearly a gallon of beer (4.50 litres), was seen heading towards Derby Turn and driving in a dangerous manner. On reaching the traffic lights which then stood at the junction, he turned to go over Little Burton Bridge towards the town but collided with an iron bollard, damaging the car’s nearside wing and puncturing the front nearside tyre. Undeterred, he then set off down Derby Street in the direction of Borough Road and Station Bridge with the damaged tyre flapping about and making a terrible din.    The tyre finally came off half-way down Station Street but he carried on where, at the junction of High Street, he ignored the attempts of a police officer who tried to stop him by waving a torch before having to leap out of the way as the car flashed noisily past him, throwing showers of sparks up from the rim of the tyreless wheel. Hurtling up High Street, the car was then seen to career across the Memorial Gardens, down the passageway past the Technical College, demolishing two bollards on the way and then driven on to the Ferry Bridge viaduct heading towards Stapenhill, deep gouge marks in the tarmac marking the driver’s route.    After driving across the viaduct, narrowly missing a young woman who was fortunate enough to be close to one of the sloping side paths that lead off the viaduct, the man then crossed the Ferry Bridge, drove up the Dingle on to Ferry Street and then turned on to Main Street, by which time a police patrol car had been alerted. Despite a number of attempts to stop the vehicle, the car was not brought to a halt until it had reached Etwall, having been driven roughly thirteen miles in a highly reckless and dangerous manner.     The man, who came from Coventry, was later sent for trial.  

Text Box: Derbyshire Family History Society 2008 South Derbyshire Meeting Group    3rd Wednesday in the Month 7.30pm The Magic Attic Reading Room, Sharpe’s Heritage Centre, West Street, Swadlincote     September 17th   The Ashby Workhouse     Ken Hillier October 15th       What’s in a Name             Jane James November 19th    The Origins of Sayings     Ian Hingley December 17th         Christmas Social

Text Box:               Friday  and  Saturday  evening (November 21st & 22nd)  will  see  “Out  of  the  Hat”,  a  group  made  up  of  volunteers  from  the  Magic  Attic  and  other  local  people,  perform  their  fourth  annual  concert  in  the  kiln  at  Sharpe’s  Pottery.  What  began  as  just  a  laugh during  a  party  a  few  years  back  has  developed  into  a  two  night  event  that  sells  out  almost  as  soon  as  the  tickets  go  on  sale.               This  year’s  offering  will  use  four  local  anniversaries  as  its  main  theme  which  will  include the  Magic  Attic  celebrating  its  21st. birthday. However, some  items  which  have  proved  favourites  with  past  audiences,  such  as  John  Worker’s  poems  and  songs  of  Woodville  Parade  and  Green’s  Pottery,  and  “Riding  on  the  712  to  Measham”  from  the  rest  of  the  group,  will  be  included.  The  show,  entitled  “Magic,  Murder  and  Memories”,  like  all  others  will  be  enhanced  by photographs  and  film  prepared  by  the  Attic’s  Keith  Foster  which  will  be  projected  on  to  the  wall  of  the  kiln.               The  doors  open  at  7pm  on  each  evening  and  the  show  kicks off  at  7.30.  Tickets  are  £5  and  available  from  the  Magic  Attic  or  Sharpe’s  reception.           

 

Text Box: What a lot we’ve got!! My first contact with the Magic Attic was in December last year, when I visited a photographic exhibition. I was fascinated by the range of exhibits on show and was given a tour by members.   I came down the following week to see if there was any way I could become involved with the work the Magic Attic was doing. Little did I know! I was asked if I’d mind ‘sorting out the maps’ as quite a few had been acquired since they had last been catalogued. I began sorting them into chronological order and noting down the details. I’d almost finished cataloguing them when …….. another load of maps appeared! I quickly finished hanging the first lot of maps, then began cataloguing the new arrivals, when ….. another load of maps appeared! This happened yet again soon afterwards, but slowly I sorted them out, finishing in June. I was mightily relieved, when ….. some more appeared, followed shortly afterwards by yet more!   By this time we had run out of storage space, so the latecomers could only be sorted and stored in folders, ready for cataloguing when we had more space. We now have about 500 maps, mainly OS, going back almost 200 years, covering South Derbyshire. Lately we have incorporated Burton and East Staffs down to Lichfield, in various scales from 1:25000 to 1:500.   So, if you want to see how South Derbyshire has changed over the past 200 years, come down to the Magic Attic and see our collection.   Maps?   What a lot we’ve got!   Bob Cox Text Box: A Bridge Too Far (September 1960).  By volunteer David Feltham   There must, I suspect, be many of the older generation of local people who will be able to recall with some clarity the time, or even times, in some cases, when they were apprehended by a uniformed member of the police force after being caught riding their bicycle over the Ferry Bridge and viaduct.    As they were well aware, this was strictly prohibited until recent years and anyone who chose to ignore the warning notices at both the Stapenhill and Burton approaches to the bridge, risked having to pay a fine of forty shillings (£2) if caught breaking the law in this regard.    I could not even begin to guess the total number of cyclists who fell foul of the law over the great many years that these restrictions were in force forbidding them to ride over the Ferry Bridge, but I feel that I can state with some confidence that I know how many drivers have been caught and sentenced after driving a car over the structure- one!    This particular incident occurred during the very early hours of Sunday, July 24th 1960, when a Humber Hawk, driven by a man in his late thirties who was later found to have consumed nearly a gallon of beer (4.50 litres), was seen heading towards Derby Turn and driving in a dangerous manner. On reaching the traffic lights which then stood at the junction, he turned to go over Little Burton Bridge towards the town but collided with an iron bollard, damaging the car’s nearside wing and puncturing the front nearside tyre. Undeterred, he then set off down Derby Street in the direction of Borough Road and Station Bridge with the damaged tyre flapping about and making a terrible din.    The tyre finally came off half-way down Station Street but he carried on where, at the junction of High Street, he ignored the attempts of a police officer who tried to stop him by waving a torch before having to leap out of the way as the car flashed noisily past him, throwing showers of sparks up from the rim of the tyreless wheel. Hurtling up High Street, the car was then seen to career across the Memorial Gardens, down the passageway past the Technical College, demolishing two bollards on the way and then driven on to the Ferry Bridge viaduct heading towards Stapenhill, deep gouge marks in the tarmac marking the driver’s route.    After driving across the viaduct, narrowly missing a young woman who was fortunate enough to be close to one of the sloping side paths that lead off the viaduct, the man then crossed the Ferry Bridge, drove up the Dingle on to Ferry Street and then turned on to Main Street, by which time a police patrol car had been alerted. Despite a number of attempts to stop the vehicle, the car was not brought to a halt until it had reached Etwall, having been driven roughly thirteen miles in a highly reckless and dangerous manner.    The man, who came from Coventry, was later sent for trial.

Text Box: Derbyshire Family History Society 2008 South Derbyshire Meeting Group    3rd Wednesday in the Month 7.30pm The Magic Attic Reading Room, Sharpe’s Heritage Centre, West Street, Swadlincote     September 17th   The Ashby Workhouse     Ken Hillier October 15th       What’s in a Name             Jane James November 19th    The Origins of Sayings     Ian Hingley December 17th         Christmas Social

 

Text Box:               Friday  and  Saturday  evening (November 21st & 22nd)  will  see  “Out  of  the  Hat”,  a  group  made  up  of  volunteers  from  the  Magic  Attic  and  other  local  people,  perform  their  fourth  annual  concert  in  the  kiln  at  Sharpe’s  Pottery.  What  began  as  just  a  laugh during  a  party  a  few  years  back  has  developed  into  a  two  night  event  that  sells  out  almost  as  soon  as  the  tickets  go  on  sale.               This  year’s  offering  will  use  four  local  anniversaries  as  its  main  theme  which  will  include the  Magic  Attic  celebrating  its  21st. birthday. However, some  items  which  have  proved  favourites  with  past  audiences,  such  as  John  Worker’s  poems  and  songs  of  Woodville  Parade  and  Green’s  Pottery,  and  “Riding  on  the  712  to  Measham”  from  the  rest  of  the  group,  will  be  included.  The  show,  entitled  “Magic,  Murder  and  Memories”,  like  all  others  will  be  enhanced  by photographs  and  film  prepared  by  the  Attic’s  Keith  Foster  which  will  be  projected  on  to  the  wall  of  the  kiln.               The  doors  open  at  7pm  on  each  evening  and  the  show  kicks off  at  7.30.  Tickets  are  £5  and  available  from  the  Magic  Attic  or  Sharpe’s  reception.

Text Box: The Magic Attic, Sharpe’s Heritage Centre, West Street, Swadlincote           

Text Box: The Magic Attic, Sharpe’s Heritage Centre, West Street, Swadlincote

 

This splendid model was built by a London architectural model maker and displayed at the London Science Museum for 3 years. Powergen planned to scrap the model in 2004 but the Magic Attic saved the model from almost certain destruction. Approx. size is 2 x 1.5 metres; 1 metre height, scale 7 mm to 1 foot. Highly detailed showing all of the plant from coal input through to grid connection out.

The model is a cross-section through Drakelow "A" power station during construction c.1949. This 240 MW capacity station was the first of three on the Drakelow site. "A" station was commissioned in 1955, followed by the larger 480 MW capacity "B" station in 1959. The larger "C" station was completed in the 1960s. All three stations were coal-fired and "C" was used for investigations into supercritical coal-fired generation.powerst

The Magic Attic is only a small voluntary organisation and doesn’t really have enough space to keep the model much longer.

The trustees of Attic have therefore most reluctantly decided that the model will be destroyed if a suitable alternative location cannot

be found within the next 2 months.

 If anyone wants the model it is available at no cost and can be collected from the Attic. It can be examined during our normal open

times or at any other time by appointment.

  

OPENING TIMES

Monday 7 p.m. -9.30 p.m.

Tuesday 2 p.m. -5 p.m.

Thursday 2 p.m. -5 p.m. and 7 p.m. -9.30 p.m.

Saturday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

 

Tel: 01 283 819020 (opening times only)

 

detail of small part of model

 

Text Box: Model of Drakelow “A” Power Station This splendid model was built by a London architectural model maker and displayed at the London Science Museum for 3 years. Powergen planned to scrap the model in 2004 but the Magic Attic saved the model from almost certain destruction. Approx. size is 2 x 1.5 metres; 1 metre height, scale 7 mm to 1 foot. Highly detailed showing all of the plant from coal input through to grid connection out. The model is a cross-section through Drakelow "A" power station during construction c.1949. This 240 MW capacity station was the first of three on the Drakelow site. "A" station was commissioned in 1955, followed by the larger 480 MW capacity "B" station in 1959. The larger "C" station was completed in the 1960s. All three stations were coal-fired and "C" was used for investigations into supercritical coal-fired generation. The Magic Attic is only a small voluntary organisation and doesn’t really have enough space to keep the model much longer. The trustees of Attic have therefore most reluctantly decided that the model will be destroyed if a suitable alternative location cannot be found within the next 2 months.  If anyone wants the model it is available at no cost and can be collected from the Attic. It can be examined during our normal open times or at any other time by appointment.    OPENING TIMES Monday 7 p.m. -9.30 p.m. Tuesday 2 p.m. -5 p.m. Thursday 2 p.m. -5 p.m. and 7 p.m. -9.30 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.   Tel: 01 283 819020 (opening times only)   detail of small part of model  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: Voices & Volumes have moved ……   Since February this year the Voices & Volumes group have been meeting at ‘The Magic Attic’. Having kindly taken the group under its wing helping out with meeting space and speakers the group has been able to continue its monthly meetings. Graham gave a talk on ‘South Derbyshire Scenes’, Barbara enlightened us about the comings and goings of Swarkestone. Then in April Keith gave an illustrated talk on the history of ‘The Magic Attic’.   Other speakers have included Dr Wendy Freer who gave a fascinating talk on the lives and experiences of canal boat people. Also not to be missed was Mark Atherton from Derbyshire’s Trading Standards who gave a humorous insight into the working life of a Trading Standards Officer.   If this has sparked interest please join us at a future meeting.   3rd September ‘Jersey—occupation remembered’ by Don Watson 1st October River Wolton Derbyshire’s Poet Laureate comes to celebrate National Poetry Day. 5th November  To celebrate November’s National Year of Reading theme Screen Reads, a talk about the newly opened Quad in Derby, a thriving centre for art and film. 3rd December Christmas Readings   All are welcome to the meetings. The group meet the 1st Wednesday of the month, 2:00pm at ‘The Magic Attic’, Sharpe’s Pottery, Swadlincote. It only costs £2 which includes speaker and refreshments.   On behalf of the group I’d like to thank Graham and the trustees for all their support and encouragement. On a personal note I’d like to wish the group continued success. It has been a pleasure to work with you over the past year.  Claire Scothern

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Text Box: One day at the ‘Attic’.      Who gave you my number? Eric. Oh, right! Yes, my mother was an Eyley. That was the call from Ernie. He’d love to know about Amy who married Jarvis. He’d been told I’d be at the ‘Attic’ so thought he’d ring me here. As luck would have it I’d spoken to Lindsay only the day before. She’s new to family history but was given my number by Margaret. And Lindsay – well, here we come full circle; she happens to be a granddaughter of Amy. So yes Ernie, it’s fresh in my mind; I looked it up for Lindsay so I can impress you with my knowledge.    I’d like to check on a few things for myself – I’ve come with a list. But it’s not to be. Ann has lots of information for me to read. And I’m avoiding Graham in case he asks how far I’ve got with the coalmining project. Well, it is the summer holidays. Actually Graham, it is coming along gradually. John has an interesting find in a 1916 newspaper but before we can pursue this, in comes a Liverpudlian gent studying another branch of the family.  Now Val’s quite an expert on Eyleys. She’s been finding them for me since the beginning of my research, as do all the other ‘Attic’ regulars, and now she introduces me to the new gent. Oh yes I know this family. He has copies of some papers I sent to a lady in London. Amazing. The Internet has a lot to answer for. After exchanging information I send him off to the cemetery to look for gravestones. I’ve arranged to see him later because I’m coming back to the Attic tonight. Well, I agreed to meet Lindsay and show her ‘the ropes’. She has no idea just how much information the ‘Attic’ holds.    So here I am this evening. I’m out of my comfort zone, away from my research companions who understand the extremes of my quiet introverted study and my excitement of discovery.  Lindsay arrives as planned and she’s brought dad along with her. We can help each other here. But my gent’s also back for more exchanges. I attempt to juggle the two and point them in the right direction until neither really requires my attention.                           I could go back to my list of jobs but then Beryl asks me to write this account of my ‘Attic day’. I have a few minutes before the Attic closes but I’m no longer able to concentrate so offer to help Keith finish the washing up. Shame, there’s only one tea-towel! I’m let off the job. Time to go home and enter my new information.   Janet Atkins

 
Text Box:          Evacuee in the Attic Wartime evacuee, Mrs Joy Rowe, was delighted to locate a photograph taken of herself nearly seventy years ago, during a recent visit to the Magic Attic. Mrs Rowe, her sister and parents were among three hundred evacuees who came to Burton from Clacton-on-Sea in 1940. Joy and her sister attended Uxbridge School and lodged on Anglesey Road with their mother. Their father lodged in the house next door. After the war, Joy and her family made Burton their permanent home, only returning to Clacton for occasional holidays. The photograph of seven year old Joy and fellow evacuees was taken at a Christmas party held at Oxford Street Social Club in Burton and appeared in The Burton Observer on 26/12/1940. Mrs Rowe left the Attic, chuffed, with a copy of a photograph that she remembered being taken but had never seen before!