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Hi, I lived in the village when I was a boy. I went to the junior school. My dad worked on a farm, we lived next door to the farm. My friends were Pat Jennings and Gordon Petch, we did everything together, lots of ...Read more

A memory of Worlaby in 1958 by Derick Smith

Hello all you Yorkshire people, wherever you may now be... Here is a poem I wrote about good old York. Enjoy. Shopping in the Shambles on a snowy Christmas Eve Playing hide and seek in Acomb Wood Watching Andy Pandy by the fire in our front ...Read more

A memory of York in 1955 by Anne England

At this time (1950) I became a pupil at the above school. The playground was truly superb and it has very recently become a permanent green space for the use of the village. This ground has in it a ha-ha and we ...Read more

A memory of Burley in Wharfedale in 1950

I attended St John's from 1952 to 1959. This was an all girl's church school with about 60 children in three classrooms, with a hall where we had dinner and danced to the BBC's "Music and Movement". We used ...Read more

A memory of West Hendon in 1952 by Lorraine Allen

Carol Jakes used to take me to school! The cinder path to St George's school (now tarmac and very steep) collecting wild flowers in the fields, swinging on the tarzan and making dams! New Mills Grammar School with bottled green ...Read more

A memory of New Mills in 1955 by Janis Hett

As a young boy from 1943 to 1960, I lived in Heath Lane, Stourbridge and I think I spent almost all my free time playing in Mary Stevens Park. The area where the playground still stands would be where all the ...Read more

A memory of Stourbridge in 1952 by John Smith

I too grew up on the Peartree Estate and have memories of all that Christine remembers. I saw my very first pig at a small farm at the rear of Uplands Green, I think the farmers name was Mr. Duval. I too attended to St Joseph's school ...Read more

A memory of Rugeley in 1954 by Miriam Lawrence

Great memories of my years as a student at Reading University in the 1950's. At that time there was only one campus, and on entering through the covered London Road entrance (on the left of the photo) the ...Read more

A memory of Reading in 1954 by Milton Freeman

Memories of Norbury and Thornton Heath are still vivid for me as I revisited the area a couple of years ago and many of the places I recall are still standing. Sadly, many are not. The Rex cinema was a favourite ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1950 by Viv Doyle

My first memory of Ballygally was arriving at my auntie Mary's house, The Fourscore. It was at the top of the loaning and had a stream nearby, the house was surrounded by fields. I had lived in London since after ...Read more

A memory of Ballygally in 1954 by Yvonne Dowling