Memories
37 memories found. Showing results 21 to 30.
Working In Stonegate
My first real job, not counting student employment, was working in Godfrey's Book Shop, Stonegate, York. The shop was at that time the largest antiquarian bookstore in the North of England - unfortunately it no longer exists. It was ...Read more
A memory of York in 1961 by
St Austell Fore Street Rivera Restaurant
The Rivera!! Once a week after school in 1964- 65, a group of us (mostly 6th-formers from the Grammar School, which was co-ed by that time) used to gather upstairs in the Rivera Restaurant (on the right in ...Read more
A memory of St Austell in 1964 by
Tunnel Road Memories
I lived in number 9 Tunnel Road which is still there today. It's the road running from the side of the flyover at the bottom of Chester Street to access the tunnel. Me and my brother and sisters played every day on the top (as ...Read more
A memory of Birkenhead in 1962 by
Gainford The Post Office And Miss Browns
Reading the memories prompts me to contribute to the nostalgia - My grandfather "Bob Allan" was the Postmaster and his parents before him. My aunt took over from him in the late 1960s and in all the business ...Read more
A memory of Gainford in 1963 by
Herstmonceux Re. Hailsham Rd 1965 Photo
Good to see the photo of Herstmonceux in 1965 along Hailsham Rd. I was born outside the village in 1957, my father being the local Reverend from 1956 till 1973/4. The old car in the foreground was right ...Read more
A memory of Herstmonceux in 1965 by
Living In Nork Parade
My family lived in a flat above Lloyds Bank in Nork Parade for some three years, until the summer of 1966 - by which time I was almost six years old. I would lean of the front window next to the block letters of 'Nork Radio' just ...Read more
A memory of Nork in 1965
Lanfranc School Air Disaster
I lived in Frith Road, Croydon and was in the same class as some of my friends who went on the trip to Norway. My parents couldn't afford the price for the trip (at that stage their were seven of us!). I went with the ...Read more
A memory of Croydon in 1961 by
Golf
I used to cycle from Alford to Sandilands golf course, clubs on my back, and stop off at this cafe I recall what seemed to me a fairly grumpy man but civil, I remember he told me Davy Jones of the Monkees dropped in once, I also remember the ...Read more
A memory of Huttoft in 1967 by
Boys Hostel, Run By 'catholic Rescue Society" Osborne Rd, Jesmond
Does anyone know anything about this boys home. I ended up there about 66-67 for about a year. My only parent, my mother had died, and I ended up in this hell hole for about ...Read more
A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1966 by
Mouse Goes To School
When I was about 11 years old I secretly bought a pet mouse on impulse, but quickly realised that it was a silly thing to do as I knew my Dad would not let me keep it. I couldn't afford a cage for it. I hadn't thought it ...Read more
A memory of South Acton in 1960 by
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