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1964 and my parents announced to us kids that we were going to move to the countryside from Great Bar in Birmingham where we were all living at my grandmothers house My Father had died back when I was seven and mother had eventually ...Read more

A memory of Market Harborough by Keith Luckman

It was either a long walk or a ride on the 174 bus from Oxlow Lane shops to the Heathway. It surprises even now just what variety there was there, no need to have to travel miles to get a new shirt or the new ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1965 by Alan Bywaters

It would be great to hear from anybody who was around Dalton Street , Worth Street, Danzic Street, or who went to the Rex picture house, played on Barnies, Bobs Hill, went in Jock Stobbers, lads that had ther hair cut at Harry's and ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst by Teddy Peacock

I spent my first eighteen years in Finchley, and used to come back to drink in the Tally Ho pub with other Christ's College boys. You can see the pub in the distance on the right (it still looks the same today). The ...Read more

A memory of Finchley in 1994

Further to my memories I spoke of before, I can remember games we used to play like split the kipper, tally ho, blonk, and a lot more. The summer months were great, we would go over the moors and spend all day over there, if we ...Read more

A memory of Thornley by Michael Mccoy

As far back as I can remember I used to visit my gran in Carlin How.  My dad and his brothers and sister grew up on Westray Street.  I can remember the big common where they used to build the bonfire for Guy Fawkes Night.  My dad ...Read more

A memory of Carlin How in 1963 by Jean Appleton Saul

In 1964 I met and fell in love with a man who til me his name was Walter Main Beck, he was 27 and he came from Falkirk. This was in the summer of 1964 and the place was Aldershot Hampshire, the Manor Park Funfair. He worked on one of the ...Read more

A memory of Falkirk

I moved to 69 Cruick Avenue with my parents on my 5th birthday, 13th June 1960. We lived next door to The Wilsons (67) and the Scriveners (71). I started school at Mardyke the following September. I remember Mr Swanbury being the ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1960 by Geoff Hunter

I lived in Halifax but spent all my school holidays at Lane End Farm. It was my grandad and grandma's farm, George and Carrie Morritt. Later it was my uncle George and aunt Ada's. Through all this time right up to ...Read more

A memory of Flockton in 1946 by Dulcie Chapman

I was born in Aldershot in 1950, went to Newport road infants/primary school then on to Manor Park Secondary Modern school. The first year though had to go to North Camp Buller Barracks as there was no room until Heron ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot by joycemghandour