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Going To Junior School In Radcliff On Trent In 1960
My dad was in the Canadian Air Force (RCAF) stationed in Langar (born in England though) but my family lived at 16 Douglas Close just outside Radcliffe. I remember walking daily to ...Read more
A memory of Radcliffe on Trent in 1960 by
Madeley As It Was
I was born in 1949 in Victoria Road, Madeley and have many memories of life as it was in the 1950's onwards. I remember Jones' buses, Pooles the cobblers, Carters, Stodd's the Drapers, Shums the chemist, and most ...Read more
A memory of Madeley in 1949 by
The Providence Congregational Church 1956
"The Providence", as it was commonly known, stood at the corner of Laundry Yard and The Lynch. Built in 1795 with a later facade it was a gem of late georgian "chapel" architecture. You entered through a ...Read more
A memory of Uxbridge in 1955 by
Growing Up British
Since my birth coincided exactly with the outbreak of World War II in the September of 1939, my mum must have felt that childbirth was synonymous with calamity; I was Mum's 'war effort'. Home was a semi-detached two-storey ...Read more
A memory of Burnt Oak in 1945 by
Peache Road
I lived on Peache Road from 1965 to 1978, having been born in Wendover hospital and my memory of the 'pig sty' was that it was actually a slaughter house/abattoir. I am really testing my recall now but I think ...Read more
A memory of Downend in 1970
Steventon Hill Reservoir
Back in the good old 60's I was looking for work as a labourer and noticed that something was going on at Steventon Hill. I walked up the track and met foreman Charlie Bain who gave me a start doing the ground work and ...Read more
A memory of Fawley in 1962 by
Childhood In Upper Heyford
I lived in Upper Heyford from 1946 until 1965 when I was married in a double ceremony with my twin sister at St Mary's Church. I moved to Bicester. My sister who married an American from the base moved ...Read more
A memory of Upper Heyford by
When I Was Young
I was born in Newfield,about three miles from the Street, and recall the pictures very vividly and the comments by one other person about the Empire Ballroom. We used to go there every Friday night for the dance, dressed ...Read more
A memory of Chester-Le-Street in 1955 by
Dorstone In The Golden Valley
In many parts of the world the countryside is largely unclaimed, untamed, even uninhabited; consider, say, the large swathes of Australia’s Kimberley region, Indonesia’s Kalimantan, or the interior of Baffin Island. ...Read more
A memory of Dorstone in 1940 by
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