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Market Drayton Swimming Baths
Our PE teacher used to throw boys in if they didn't swim - being a dainty soul, I used to hide underneath the slide, quivering with anxiety! I didn't learn to swim till many years later (INDOORS at Shewsbury ...Read more
A memory of Market Drayton in 1968 by
Oakdale Club, 1961 1964
I have really fond memories of my teenage years spent in Kenyon Rd, Oakdale, where I lived with my mum Jessie, dad Horace, or Harry as he was known to his mates, and my brothers Michael and Keith Grimes. I will always ...Read more
A memory of Oakdale in 1962 by
Reading In The 60's
I was born in Caversham, Reading. I used to go to a riding school at Sonning Common, owned by Rosemary Drayton and remember the riding school and farm at Bugs Bottom owned by Frank Stokes. I loved the ice cream sold at The ...Read more
A memory of Reading in 1968 by
Sunny Days At Market Drayton Swimming Pool.
I lived in Market Drayton from 1960 to 1963. I was at Market Drayton Grammar school and I lived on Buntingsdale estate. I remember going to the swimming pool. It was always sunny when I went. I ...Read more
A memory of Market Drayton in 1961 by
Ealing Broadway Grange School Bentalls Etc
I was born in 1946 in a private maternity home near Walpole Park and the awful King Edwards hospital. I lived at 70 Gordon Road until I married (Haven Green) and migrated to Australia in 1970. I attended ...Read more
A memory of Ealing in 1960 by
Total Part Of My Life
This swimming pool was a major part of my life. As a child of the sixties, the main event was queueing for your "Contract" for 5 shillings for the season and trying to get number 1!!!! Loved the slide, fountain, ...Read more
A memory of Market Drayton in 1960 by
London Brick Company Hostel Drayton Parslow
My parents, Arthur and Olga England, ran the Hostel at Drayton Parslow back in the 1960's for the London Brick Company. The Hostel was situated opposite Love Row, where the Hostel was is now ...Read more
A memory of Drayton Parslow in 1963 by
We All Bumped Our Heads
At sixteen I owned a three wheeler convertible that with a bit of bending of the law sixteen year olds were allowed to drive. Plus the fact that the coppers didn't know how the law stood exactly. The car was a Powerdrive, ...Read more
A memory of Cowley in 1963 by
1960 1969 Buntingsdale Lake Tern Hill
The best years of my life. I was happy and content and had lots of friends. My father was stationed at Tern Hill but we moved off base at Boscobel Road to a bungalow he built called "Green Haven" ...Read more
A memory of Market Drayton in 1969 by
The Drayton Institute Friday Night Hop.
Anyone remember the Friday night dance nights? Local Portsmouth groups use to strut their stuff in here. Always crowded and the music from the guitars was LOUD. When the dance finished it ...Read more
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