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I have many memories of driving around the droves between Houghton, Broughton and up to the Beeches on the Buckboard, an old flatbed Austin 7 owned by Richard Carter and later ...Read more

A memory of Houghton in 1960 by Tom Pennington Legh

My mum first came across Bucks Mills when we went for a bodyboarding holiday in Westward Ho! before the march of the mobile homes..! Next year we stayed in Driftwood in Bucks itself and did so for the next 7/8 years until my ...Read more

A memory of Buck's Mills in 1965 by Nick Neter

I remember so well every Saturday going with my Mum down Lower Broughton Rd to do the shopping. We used to live on Elton Street which was across from Lower Broughton Road at one end. My Grandparents lived on Edward Street. There was a ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1961 by Bernadette Hefferan

The Transport Department at Southmead Hospital when I joined them consisted of an officer, foreman, and four porter drivers, with two buses, three vans, and two cars. We were responsible for supplying ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1960 by Arthur Cottrell

I also remember this scene of Hatch End.  I lived in the Pub which just about appears in this picture on the top far right, its the white buillding that is just sticking out slightly.  Next door to the pub was the Conoco garage ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End in 1967 by Elaine Stephens (Nee Ockwell)

I Moved to Wembley in 1948 at age of 2 and lived there for 22 years. We lived in Ealing Road opposite Lyon Park Ave. My friends and I used to go up Lyon Park Ave to the Iron Bridge which crossed over the railway lines and do ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1960 by Alan Riddell

My parents Bryan and Margaret Hills-Johnes had the Flying Horse pub for a couple of years after he left the Navy 1958-60, I was around 6 yrs at the time and used to play with the Tilleys and Blacks. The car park across the road was a vegi ...Read more

A memory of Smarden in 1960 by Rod Hills Johnes

As children and teenagers my twin sister and I loved going around the market. At Christmas it was magic! We would come back home to visit our grandparents and family and Christmas Eve wasn't complete with out a walk into ...Read more

A memory of Chesterfield in 1964

I too, recall the seat and many happy days spent lounging on it. Being a young teen in Boughton, I joined the Boys Brigade. I can remember 'marching' three abreast up the High Street from the Methodist Chapel to the cenotaph ...Read more

A memory of Boughton Hill in 1965 by Chris Morgan

My earliest memories of Warsash was when I was 15 years old and being driven from Southampton, by my father, to look at a factory he had recently bought on Warsash Road. The 'factory' turned out to be an old motorcycle ...Read more

A memory of Warsash in 1960 by Richard Barron