When my daughter was about four years old we were at the zoo when Johnny Morris was filming.He was at Chimp Island and was trying to attract their attention by imitating their ac
After my Grandparents passed away I found a stash photos of me when I was a small girl. My favourite is from 1983 when I was 2 or 3 standing in the fountain garden. It brought
On this particular day, mum and I went to see the sea lions being fed. Mum knew the keeper and he lifted me over fence and I got to throw fish to the sea lions. I remember my h
Being a working mum, the run up to Christmas used to get very fraught. In 1986 we decided totake our 4 yr old son to Chester Zoo on Christmas Eve, being the least christmassy thi
I was 9 when I first visited Chester Zoo, on a school trip with English Martyrs Litherland. We would all take a pack lunch and it was near the end of the school term so I guess a
My husband and I married on the 17th June 1989. We could not afford a honeymoon so we spent a day at Chester Zoo. Every year since we visit the zoo and remember how it has chang
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