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I can remember moving to Bilsington village when I was just over seven years old. I attended Bilsington Primary School and have clear memories of Miss Fellows (the Headmistress). She had a kind heart I think but at the time ...Read more

A memory of Bilsington in 1970 by Creina Lightle

To the left of this photo, the first shop you can see was Reg Matthews opticians. You can just make out the entrance and the window above which is a V shape. As a trainee dispensing optician working there around 1971, I used to sit ...Read more

A memory of Worksop in 1971 by Sue Houghton

My mother and father worked for Mr Read between 1966 and 1987, most of the time around the Hall Road shop but later in the mid to late 1980's also up in the High Street shop, which has been pulled down and a new shop built. Mr Read died ...Read more

A memory of Aveley in 1970 by Chris Brown

I watched so many cup finals on black and white television when I was a boy never dreaming of the day that I might actually be there. But it happened in 1973! Would you believe my neighbour was a long retired football ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1973 by John Howard Norfolk

I was born in Northwich in 1966, however I moved here to Lancashire in 1980 but I still consider time in Northwich as being the best days of my life. I moved here when I was 14, I lived in Greenhall Road and my best friend Tracey ...Read more

A memory of Northwich in 1970 by Vicky Wood

I remember as a small kid growing up in England I couldn't wait for the summer holidays to arrive.  As the days drew closer I could hardly sleep at night knowing that any day now we would be packing our ...Read more

A memory of Pickmere in 1972 by Darren Crumbleholme

I lived on the Roundshaw estate through the 70's and have great memories of playing runouts. I knew every nook and cranny of that estate. I had many friends that lived on nearly every close. I lived in Wallington for nearly 20 years.  I ...Read more

A memory of Wallington in 1975 by Deirdre Rayment

My dad came from Treherbert. My grandad, who I never met, worked in the coal mines of the Rhondda Valley. My grandparents also owned a fish and chip shop there. If you are old enough you may even remember it. My grandad apparently ...Read more

A memory of Treherbert in 1974 by Derek Oram

As a child I was terrified of the churchyard, we had to walk past it to get to Wilson Way where my Nan Lizzie Grocott lived. It wasn't so bad in the summer but in winter when it got dark early we would get off the bus opposite the ...Read more

A memory of Goldenhill in 1972 by Tina Stanyer

My grandparents (Alan and Doris Hartley) used to have a bungalow on Boat Cliffe Road, this shop was at the bottom of the road.  We used to go to Reighton Gap every school holiday and had some fantastic times there.  I think I recall a ...Read more

A memory of Reighton in 1976 by Richard Hartley