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I spent an enjoyable month in Spring 1988 working for Kettering Careers Office as part of my training during a post grad year for my Careers Guidance Diploma. I remember Tresham College, lovely shops, friendly ...Read more

A memory of Kettering in 1988 by John Howard Norfolk

This is the stretch of the Parade past the Donkey Stand and Balcony House, the Copper Grill restaurant is in sight before Little Lane at the side of the famous Nicholl's ice cream shop. The Copper Grill is now some kind of tandoori, I'm ...Read more

A memory of Parkgate in 1980 by Stuart Hill

i remember when dillas owned the sweet shop on lydyatte lane and we used to go with pocket money we would always get a few more i also remember the butchers shop was up and running with an abatoire on town field lane then their was the ...Read more

A memory of Barnton in 1980 by Sandra Bailey

Not long into married life we both walked into a miners strike that lasted until 1985. This was very hard having to adjust to married life and without no money because of the strike we both lost our first home. Soon ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1984 by Karen Surtees

I worked at the Bakery for about two years, this was my second job after leaving school, which was the Bishop Ramsey Church of England School which opened in 1980 taking over Ruislip Manor and St Martins C.O.E school that was in West ...Read more

A memory of Ickenham in 1981 by Wayne Barrett

I am sure in around 1985 above the shops, there was a night club/bar called Zebedees, can anybody confirm?

A memory of Mablethorpe in 1985 by Roy Skinner

I was a foreign exchange student at Brookfield School in 1984-85. Coming from Mexico I found the place to be a  completely different planet from what I was used to at home. I must say that year was one ...Read more

A memory of Wigton in 1984 by Bernardo Garza

I was working at Deco in Stonegate the year they moved to the last shop at the end of stonegate, bordering Whip-ma-whop-ma Gate (wonderful name). I had been working for the people who owned Deco, selling 1930's pottery, glass ...Read more

A memory of York in 1988 by Fiona Hyde

My memories are of working as a night care assistant from 1985 to 1990. Our work pattern was to work 7 nights on! This meant there was time during the shift to study and admire the fixtures and fittings throughout, as ...Read more

A memory of Overstrand in 1985 by Linda Shaul

I was born in Watford but lived in Bushey from 1964 to 1984 (I now live in Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland). I went to Bushey Meads school from 1966 to 1973, and have fond memories of a rural village on the edge of London. As a boy I ...Read more

A memory of Bushey in 1981 by Trevor Lawrence