Young Roots

A project for Young People to explore their cultural history and make a permanent record of what they want other people to know about them and their families.

All of the family stories on this site have been written by the young people and detail their unique stories in a way that is relevant to them.

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Sally's Page

Hello my name is Sally Leanne Briars I am 12 years old and I was born on Wednesday 1^st of February 1994 at the Leicester General hospital at around 4 am.

I weighed around 5lb I was a small baby like a tiny doll I was supposed to be born later but I was born a few days premature.

My Mum is called Gillian Angela Biggs (name before marriage) and my Dad is called Paul Phillip Briars. My Mum was born on the 21^st of November 1961 and my Dad was born on the 11^th of March 1960.

My Mum has a big family she has a lot of sisters and did have 1 brother but he died at the beginning of his adulthood before he could live his life. Her brother’s name was Ian Biggs my mum’s sisters names are (alphabetical) Marlyn, Pamela (aka Pam) and Susan (aka Sue) and she has other sisters but I don’t know the others.

My dad has 1 brother and sister his brother is called Steven (aka Steve) and his sister is called Jackie. My Mum and Dad married in 1989 a few days after my dad’s birthday. I have 1 sister and no brothers my sister is called Katie Louise Briars she was born at the same hospital as me but at an earlier time on August the 5th 1991.

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