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I was born in Kelvin Grove which is the road coming out on the left of this picture.  My grandparents lived on the corner of Kelvin Grove & Rockingham Road, their names were Andrew and Elsie Robertson.  My ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1951 by Anita Becker

My grandfather Bertie Dawson was the Lock Keeper for several years.  I also lived there from around 1953 for 3 years, very happy memories !

A memory of Linton-on-Ouse in 1953 by Sandra Howland

I remember in the 1950s when Cherry Hinton had the best village football team in Cambridgeshire, and around the 1950s when Cherry Hinton was a village, sadly no more. Farms up the High Street. Smiths bakers ...Read more

A memory of Cherry Hinton in 1956 by Clarke Ron

My first real memory of the town was Mum taking me to Blakes corner which has been bombed and me peering through the wooden safety wall, to look at the hole down below. I think it became Timothy Whites & Taylor after that. I ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1950 by Victoria Falkowska

Adams had a poultry farm in Duck Pond Lane (left hand side of Sainsburys). They lived in a big grand house at the bottom of Woodchurch Lane; it fronted onto Prenton Road West. There was a plaque on the outhouse door ...Read more

A memory of Oxton in 1954 by David Wharton