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Henry Waits the butchers, small shops that sold sweets from a jar and fireworks. Penny for the guy, small children waiting at bus stops with the 128, 231 and 144B to try and pry a penny towards fireworks. Girlfriend (Rose Gritty) down ...Read more

A memory of Enfield in 1950 by Roger Davis

I used to walk to Blands School through the lane with my friend Jean Brookes, we would often stop outside the Clark's (Terry) house and climb up the bank where we could see Jean's house across the field. Then we would ...Read more

A memory of Burghfield in 1955 by pauline.hutchins

I have remembered the name of the inn my uncle kept, it was The Holly Bush.

A memory of Cefn Mawr in 1953

Living in Bearwood (posh end of Smethwick) I pushed my bike then Lambreta Scooter up and down the Hagley Road between 1956-62 as I served out my engineering apprenticeship at Bellis & Morcom, Ledsam Street, Edgbaston.  Good ...Read more

A memory of Edgbaston in 1956 by Terry King

My grandparents lived in Ditcheat; Sarah and Hubert Burrows. They had three daughters, Elisabeth (Bessie), Gertrude (Gertie), Pamela and also a son Mettford (Mett) Burrows. My mother Pamela, like her siblings, was ...Read more

A memory of Ditcheat in 1952 by Pam Mears

Seeing the pic of the font in St Marys brought back memories of my time as a choir boy there, part of a tradition in our family.  Our choir master was Mr Sellers a teacher at Geneva School also known as 'Jumbo' because of his ...Read more

A memory of Bideford in 1952 by Michael Sheppard

My memory of Budleigh Salterton is spending a couple of months or so at a childrens convalescent home in the spring/early summer of 1955. I revisited the town a few years back to find that the old childrens home ...Read more

A memory of Budleigh Salterton in 1955 by Laurie Hornsby