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Opposite the Majestic Cinema, you can just see the Tudor brickwork of the Bucks Head Inn, on the London Road corner. It was very rare that my Dad would go in, but we would be sent there at certain times of the year. ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1958 by Carole Baldwin

When I was 8 and my brother 10, we went to live in Bawdrip for a short while with my dad who was working there at the time. He took us to stay with an elderly couple, Mr and Milliner, where he was lodging and they looked after us ...Read more

A memory of Bawdrip in 1958 by Catherine Murray

I was based in Inverbervie from March 1957 till March 1958 with 977 Signals Unit of the Royal Air Force. 977 SU operated radar from an underground site on the hill a couple of miles north of the village. Height finding ...Read more

A memory of Inverbervie in 1957 by Martin Dilly

My grandparents, Horald and Edith Hughes, lived in Moston Cottage, Booley. Also living in the cottage were 3 of their sons; John, Douglas and Tony. My father, Basil, was no longer living at home. John and Douglas worked on the ...Read more

A memory of Moston in 1957 by Liz Proudman

Yes we were bad lads who went to Stanhope. The first words Mr Bowles said to me was "I tame lions and tigers just like you" then slapped me across the face. Remember that? As for the teachers: Glendenning Mctavish, ...Read more

A memory of Stanhope in 1957 by Arthur Lowther

I used to live in the shop on the bridge in Cononley, my parents were the owners. What happy times they were, so carefree. The highlight of the year was the Gala. I once went as a golliwog (blonde frizzy hair). I borrowed the black ...Read more

A memory of Cononley in 1957 by Jennifer Woolley

My whole childhood, teenage years and early adulthood was spent in Brotton. I lived at the 'top end' between the Green Tree and Chemist Corner. I have many happy memories of life in Brotton - attending the infant/junior school ...Read more

A memory of Brotton in 1957 by Kay Grainger

Hi, I came across this site by accident but I am delighted to recap on happy days spent living in North Harrow. We lived in Elmcroft Crescent off Headstone Lane and attended the comprehensive school at the ...Read more

A memory of North Harrow in 1957 by John Day

I lived in Dagnam Park Drive near Sedgefield Crescent and remember............Petersfield, Hilldene and Whitchurch shops, the "1st, 2nd and 3rd" woods as we referred to them, starting in Dagnam Park Drive, heading ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1957 by Ken H

I was fourteen in this year and I had been at Walbottle School about a year. I had teamed up with two mates, one was Tony Grey from Lemington who dressed like me and we were into the same music. One of the sayings at that time ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1957 by Jimmy Burrows