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Originally Posted by Varley
1955. Too late for Pa, unfortunately.
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I knew a couple of people who had Polio, both about my age. I can remember the national excitement when the national Polio vaccination started. First was a jab, the second was on a lump of sugar as I recall. My mum took me for one of them, ten miles away at the local hospital. A bus journey and a mile walk away from where we lived. Afterwards, a trip to the pictures. There were some horrible diseases, some recently beaten, other still common in those days.