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My mother worked in this shop part time on the sweet counter. My father drove the wholesale delivery van during holiday relief

A memory of Alton in 1960 by Andrew Stedman

I was at Hutton poplars home from 1960-1965, started in Fal house Miss Creffield,was house mother, then 1962 moved into Dart house with the same housemother Miss Creffield until 1964, I spent last year in Thames ...Read more

A memory of Shenfield in 1960 by Alan Loxton

Hi, I'm currently researching the strange circles found in the farmer's field at Evenlode during June 1960 which were investigated by Stratford-upon-Avon man John Dennis Llewellyn and his wife Ruby. A Mr Coles from the ...Read more

A memory of Evenlode in 1960 by John Hanson

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 became familiar with the village and people of Pentrebach and around that area from about 1967, when I began to go out with the daughter of the local Publican / School Bus driver / Sawmill worker, Eddie Williams. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Pentre-bach in 1967 by Tom Ball

We lived at 18 The Bridle Road (off Foxley Lane) for many years. Attended Collingwood Boys' School (Wallington) - great school for punishments; Woodcote Secondary (like a holiday camp after Collingwood) and Purley Grammar ...Read more

A memory of Purley in 1964 by Douglas Mitchell

I was posted to RAF Gaydon in the summer of 1963 after serving 3 years in Cyrpus at RAF Nicosia. I underwent training on the Victor BMK 1 and then to 232 OCU where I found life a lot tougher than I was used to, tiring shift ...Read more

A memory of Gaydon in 1963 by James Maurice Blackford

My memories tell me that it was always sunny. I played all day with Cathy, Deb and Christine Buckingham, Gary Kennard, Jimmy and Johny Woodwood, Tina and Jane Coplestone and David Blundel. Conker picking near the ...Read more

A memory of Wasperton in 1964 by Susan Muddeman. Nee Walter

When I went to school in the High Street next to the Royal oak I can remember the milk man with his old horse and cart delivering milk all along the houses along the cobbled stone path. You had the cobbler's, it began with K I ...Read more

A memory of Corsham in 1962 by Terry Donovan

Since I can remember, the Brig always had a football team and I just loved to watch them as a boy, harbouring dreams that some day I might be good enough to play with them. Davie and Rab Hall ran the side and ...Read more

A memory of Linlithgow Bridge in 1968 by Sandy Paterson