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Mr & Mrs Potter managed Bon March shop and they had two young boys, Robert and Edmond.  My mum, Edna Griffiths, helped to look after the children and, being pre-school age, I used to go along with her.  Mrs Potter used to bring us ...Read more

A memory of Kington in 1955 by Avril Layton Morris

My memories of the Coronation-2nd June 1953 While I was studying at the Bridgend Preparatory and Commercial School two events happened which changed the course of history for Great Britain. In February ...Read more

A memory of Aberkenfig in 1953 by Catherine Delahay

I lived at 14 The Homing, Meadowlands, Cambridge which was close to the airport. I was 8 years old in 1955. Often on sunny weekends, my Mum would takes us on a walk over to the airport. It was a quiet relaxed place in those days. ...Read more

A memory of Cambridge in 1955 by Chris Birkbeck

This 1955 view of Pinner High Street brings back my memories of haircuts after school. About half way "up" the High Street on the right is a gents' barbers. During my schooldays at Pinner Grammar School from 1956 ...Read more

A memory of Pinner in 1956 by John Howard Norfolk

Reading the post about catching sticklebacks in the Bridgewater brought memories flooding back. I lived in Clifton Street, off Stretford Road. At the weekend we used to get some butties off our Mum, a bottle of pop (if she could afford ...Read more

A memory of Stretford in 1955 by David Timperley

Chobham infant school and Chobham primary were both situated behind the High Street. Many a summer day was spent "paddling" on the way home. This overflow channel ran from the old mill on West End Road and is united with the River Bourn at Seaneys Corner.

A memory of Chobham in 1955 by Paul Rapley

This is an iconic picture for me in two ways. First it shows the Spanish City somewhere near its heyday (spring/summer of 1955), bringing back memories of the great band of Harry Atkinson (the Ted ...Read more

A memory of Whitley Bay in 1955 by Colin Henderson

I was seven when we moved to Wordsley and we lived at 3 Hope Street. I remember walking up to this stile many times, with my mum and brother, and later when I came up here to play in the woods on my own with friends. Many times when we ...Read more

A memory of Wordsley in 1955

Continuing up the street on the right was a long parade of various shops and we come to Salisbury Ave on the corner was a large modernistic furniture shop later the shop nest door became a KFC and across the street next to the ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1950 by Chrs

I was born in Bowlby Street in 1953 and have seen all the changes made since then, I still live in Houghton now. One of my fond memories was going to the ice-cream parlour which is now the old Woolworth's site to buy an ...Read more

A memory of Houghton-Le-Spring in 1958 by Pauline Tippins