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I remember being at Castle School, it did have bad and also good times. I remember that head master Mr Bowles and the deputy head master who was called Mr Mellody, he was a rough one. The best part about it is when we were ...Read more

A memory of Stanhope in 1960 by R Ingleson

I was born in Mundford in 1955 - when I was 18 months old my family moved to the nearby hamlet of West Tofts. We had a small wooden bungalow, one of a pair, that was directly opposite an army camp. My father worked for his father ...Read more

A memory of Mundford in 1960 by Alan Walker

Born in 1947, I grew up on Babington Road, Streatham. I remember the Home Guard a few houses up and Robin Hanson and I would play on the search lights left over from the war when we were four or five. ...Read more

A memory of Streatham in 1960 by Paul Chandler

The two girls in the lower left corner of this photograph are myself and my sister Elizabeth. We were probably out shopping with my mum, who is not visible on the photograph. I originally saw this photo in the Frith collection ...Read more

A memory of Selby in 1960 by Janet Copley

I lived in Upper Bridge Street and remember a few of the shops in town, I think! On the corner of Upper Bridge Street and the Bell Pitch was Franketti's fish shop with an awesome Art Nouveau till and free chips if you took ...Read more

A memory of Pontypool in 1960 by Sandra Rudd

Adding to someone else's comment the gentleman leaning over the wall - it is indeed Mr Farthing, he was my form teacher at Twyford Boys' School. I was born a few yards further along in one of the cottages next to the school. The ...Read more

A memory of Twyford in 1960 by Stephen Bennett

The pictures in Francis Frith nostalgic photos, bring to mind the Cannock I remember. Even the pictures from 1955, the year of my birth, show places I recall. I would go with my grandad and John Brogan, in the old ...Read more

A memory of Cannock in 1960 by Robert Leighton

I was born at Low Westwood, a small mining village in the North East of England in 1955 – well, when I say I was born there, that’s not entirely true. Unlike today, children were born at ...Read more

A memory of Hamsterley in 1960 by Kathy Aveyard

Just before the 1960’s transformed our innocent lives, all us village boys had a limited choice of tonsorial art; indeed you could count the number of available haircuts (styles wasn’t a word used for men or boys) ...Read more

A memory of Sherington in 1960

I was born in Hounslow, Clare Road. We moved when I was two. I was born actually next door to the now well known Francis Forsythe!!!! My Aunts all lived in Matindale Road. I know the area from 1947. I have so many memories. Loved ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1960 by Kay Oliver