In the summer of 1979, at the end of my second year at university, I got job working as a Waitress in the restaurant in Oakfield House. It was a busy, but very happy summer. The
We had just moved to Chester and decided to go to the zoo. We went to see the elephants, andit turned out to be one of the first days that Jubilee met the public. He had difficul
In the late 70's, through to the late 80's I was an engineer working for a Chester company who serviced and repaired the cash registers at Chester Zoo. We always had to report
One cold foggy Sunday in February 1977 a fellow final year veterinary student and I traveledfrom Leahurst Field Station to the Zoo. As the fog thickened, silence descended and we
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