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I have read all the letters and they have bought back so many memories. My sister and I were born in Hillingdon and from 1961 we used to go to Burtons dance hall on Tues, Friday and Saturday nights. We would also go to The Blue ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1961 by Linda Millett

I was born just around the corner from this photo, in Ward Stree, it's now a car park. This junction is going through yet another re vamp. As a teenager I would visit the Aboretum with friends and race the boats across the pond and get told ...Read more

A memory of Walsall in 1966 by Roger Murphy

I remember my parents taking us children to see the Blackpool illuminations as a birthday treat, where we would see all kinds of animations along the prominade and all the trams where also lit up, that was some 48yrs ago. I don't know if this still happens, enjoy.

A memory of Blackpool in 1960 by Alan Bond

My brother, sister and I used to visit my Dad's aunt and uncle who ran a Cacti nursery, if my memory is right. Lost touch once we all married, but saw them until 1965. We used to cycle from Chingford, where we lived at the time. They had ...Read more

A memory of Nazeing in 1960 by Daphne Preston

On August 13, 1961 I took up residence as a student nurse in Lindsay Smith House across from the hospital. It was the day the Berlin wall went up, and, as I recall, the day before the grouse shooting season began. I was 19 ...Read more

A memory of Virginia Water in 1961 by Patricia Hampton

I was a part of a double cabaret act in the 60's. My then husband and I were Ricky and Jackie Day...we both sang and played guitars. We were resident at the Queens Bars in Cleveleys for summer seasons and my son ...Read more

A memory of Blackpool in 1962 by Jackie Worrall

The earliest photo of me on Bucks Mills beach is in a pushchair from about 1951 -52! We were visiting for the day from my grandparents home in Bradworthy. In 1959 my grandparents, John and Gladys Dunn moved to Trundle Cottage ...Read more

A memory of Buck's Mills in 1960 by Jonathan Asprey

My everlasting childhood memory of Waterfoot is visiting my Dads auntie Nellie (Ellen) and Uncle Guddy(George) Manning in Waterfoot. She made the most exquisite cakes and would always, at the shortest notice, put on a great ...Read more

A memory of Waterfoot in 1966 by First Name Last Name

I was born in 1962  and at the age of 4yrs went to a dance school in blackhall called Hall dance school Does any one know Bob and Doris at the time they may not be alive now they were the Dance teachers at the time. I ...Read more

A memory of Blackhall Colliery in 1966 by Karen Surtees

I was still a teenager, 17 years old and my baby brother at school at Bede Campus. I escaped the campus by virtue of it not having been completed when I passed the 11+. The town centre in Billingham was still being built, and ...Read more

A memory of Billingham in 1965 by Paula Hollingworth