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Anyone remember THE WOODSTOCK , my friends and I used to go dancing there.
We used to have such great times 1968 - 1970.
There was Me Jackie, Tania Davy, Eileen Fisher, Nigel , Robert.
I remember a song Knock on Wood. Such memories.
I cannot remember Roberts's last name, hoping he sees this and gets in touch,
we lost contact in 1970 , we were such good friends,He worked with my Dad Albert at
Champions's Timber New Malden.
The picture of the pool on the River Brue took me right back to the '70's. I often used to go fishing there with school & other friends, if we could get a lift. I remember first going with a schoolmate & near neighbour called Craig Holmes & his dad, who was a warder at the HMP Shepton Mallet. We would go down in his Morris 1100. If it was a hot day we'd go swimming in the pool & probably scare all ...see more
I had a Patent Ductus Arteriosclerosis in 1957 when I was 5 operated on by Mr Mason at Shotley Bridge Hospital. I even started school in hospital. I am still here and am forever thankful for everything. I have 2 sons and 1 daughter but sadly lost my husband in 2016.
I always remember my time at Shotley Bridge and Mr George Mason and will always be grateful for my life after.
Carol Wilkinson aged 67
Adrian, first my apologies for such a belated response to your fond memory but in my defence, I only came across it recently whilst searching for photos of the school.
I too remember a Mrs.McDermott but only have a vague recollection of Mr.Cowie, in fact the only tangible evidence of his existence for me is his signature on my 'swimming certificate' for 25 yds breastroke in 1967. Instruction was provided by ...see more
Lived in Sampford 1952 - 1977 and went to Sampford Primary School 1957-63. The school had three classes, Mr Vickery, the headmaster, taught the oldest pupils, Miss Michelmore, a middle-aged lady (in 1960) the middle class and a young teacher the youngest pupils. Can never remember her name, it was a foreign unpronounceable name if I recall, probably Polish or suchlike. Sampford had if I remember five shops ...see more
I recall other far more sinister events which took place at number 82 Annesley Mount. I first became aware of these events in 1953 when the Sunday night discussion took on a hushed and serious tone. My understanding increased as the story was re-told in later years. The Polish priest who lived at the end of our row had disappeared. Just before 7p.m. on July 13th, 1953, Father Henryk Borynski, ...see more
Born in 1938, lived in Isleworth, I was constantly monitored for TB at the clinic as my father died of it when I was 12, I remember the shiney chairs, red and turquoise. The dentist there still holds horrors for me, 8 milk teeth taken out under gas, the mask was really frightening. My Mother afterwards bought me a cardboard fishing set!
Because of poor ...see more
I recall living at my grandparents' house at Annesley Mount from 1960 - 1966. .A formidable character lived at number 88 Annesley Mount, known to my grandparents as Parson Bullock. He shared the house with his wife and a lodger called Doris. He was the minister of a large Unitarian church in the centre of the city near Brown Muff’s. The church was demolished in 1969 as part of city centre ...see more
The Edmonton Lido is no longer there,is now a housing complex.
We lived at the Old Mill Housr, East Harling from 1949 until 1955.
I have happy memories of the river. We had a punt and used to paddle up to Larling , so that my parents could have a beer at the Angel.
Our neighbours up river lived at the wooden bungalow, Waterways, owned by the Tillett family.
The Doctor was Paul Jonason who was a friend of my father. The Rector was Theo Child.
The baker was Mr. Baker, and the ...see more
This is the Bath Rd A4 about a mile from Cippenham Village where there were a few shops and pubs.
Frank Williams had a garage under the Bowling alley and his cars won Le Mons after being built there.
This is Mercian Way Play ground and not Cippenham Park in Station Road.
We played here only in school holidays, otherwise we played on The Green , 15 - 18 a side football or cricket every evening in the Summer between 1800 - 2030 or dark whichever came first. Matches were St Andrews Estate boys v Bower Way Esates boys we all attended Westgate School so we knew each other well
My school friend Elisabeth Stewart lived almost opposite and I remember going for a swim there with her - we both went to the school at Abbots Bromley, Wonderful times and her parents were so good to me, I remember she had an older sister - does anyone know where they are now ?
I learned my English in Torquay at YMCA 1968 . Firs job, first experience of independent life. Miss cotton my Boss. All nice old clients extremely gentle with me . So many beautiful memories.
Sandro Melaranci
sandromelaranci@gmail.com
As a child living in Blurton up until the age of about 12, I remember playing with my friends at the "White Rock"
Yet cannot find any other reference to this on maps etc. Does Anyone know what happened to this landmark?
So many wonderful memories of my life in West norwood. I went to st Luke's infant school. We had to go to the church hall for our lunch, no happy memories about the food. I hated it! We first lived in Hannah road above the cafe. can't remember the name. My mum worked in the cafe. We then moved to Caswick road. My parents bought a house in thornlaw road.
I went to kingsdale my brother went to tulse ...see more
My memories of holidays in seasalter was getting up early to go mushroom picking in the dykes.also when staying in Yorkletts walk to shines shop to buy the best tasting ice cream I can still remember 60 years later.Great memories. Glenn
I went to Southchurch High School for Boys after failing my eleven plus in 1948. Tbe headmaster was Mr Haxall a frighteniing person to an eleven year old. A great teacher of history and bookbinding was Mr Bull.
The paddlesteamers were still coming into the pier to take the holuiday makers across to Herne Bay and further round the Kent coast.
The pier was an exciting place for a boy. You could go down ...see more
I can remember walking down the road to the holiday camp. on the left there were old railway tracks with some old carriages on them. top of the road was the marsh hotel. I have old photos of stopping off here with mom and dad for a drink.
I was born in 1939 in Camberley and lived there up to 1960. I loved the freedom as a child, we lived in Abbott’s lane on the frimley road and as a child had easy access to watchets woods and the Collage Grounds plus all of the common grounds surrounding the town at that time.
I attended the primary school that was between princess street and obelisk street, now demolished for the shopping center, 11 plus ...see more
I lived in Dagnall Street , born 1938 I remember the Anderson Air Raid Shelter in our garden
Attended Latchmere Infants School and Culvert Road School
Loved going to Arding and Hobbs, Battersea Park was a wonderful place, we would visit the Rose Garden, the Boating Lake, feeding the ducks and swans and the Deer
1951 Festival of Britian Fair in Battersea Park
Does anyone remember Guildfords the ...see more
I was the only member of the family actually born at home in this house on 7th April 1959.
I still have vivid memories of the old house, including the old garage at the end of the garden as it had an old maroon car (not sure of the model), but it belonged to my Uncle Roger Langton.
I can recall the old scullery with the Belfast sink and the cold store.
There was an old attic with an ...see more
As a child, I lived at 24 Sunnyside Road Ealing W5 not far from Ealing Studios, from when I was born at the start of the war in1938 until I was 16 and my parents moved to Harrow on the Hill.
I went to Hamilton House Preparatory school in Florence Road from 1945 until 1949.
It was situated in a large Victorian house and was presided over by the headmaster AG Phillips.
In those days corporal punishment ...see more
Can anyone remember a cycle shop in Station Road possibly 1950 by the name of ALGAR there was a fire there.
I moved to the high rise flats in 1972 and was glad to get one. The flats was new and had a lady to clean the stairs and front entrance every day. That would be hard to find today a cleaner to do that. the flats was 22 stories high. I was only on the 5th floor. The lifts didn't work in the power cut of the seventies, so I always walk up and down after one day when the lift door opened and the lift wasn't there, just a ...see more
Joseph Buckley my great great grandfather, was a photographer, known as Owd Ab from the Ben Brierley character. In Volume 1 of Ben Brierley's “Lancashire Stories”, is another short tale “A "Strike" Adventure or The "Revolution" of Daisy Nook”. Set in 1842, it portrays a group of weavers discussing whether to return to work or continue the “fruitless” strike. As they make their way home to Waterhouses ...see more
I lived in Edgware from birth in 1959 until 1983 so saw a lot of changes, it was a great place to grow up and I will try to share more detailed memories soon. My primary school was Aylward (technically in Stanmore) and I have been trying to trace contact details for David Barber, who would have been at Aylward roughly from 1964 to 1970. He did me a kindness once that will have seemed small to him at the time but was ...see more
I spent some of the happiest years of my life in Harrogate, working in "The Grange" hotel (an old peoples home basically, along West Stray), I also worked in "Blind Jacks" behind the Prospect Hotel (we sold Old Peculiar ale and wow it was potent stuff - I was warned not to sell too much to people and keep an eye on them as it was so strong and tended to take people by surprise lol), and in both the Stalls and ...see more
Are any of these cottages still there, I see from photo's some fell into the sea. Would love to relive childhood memories of staying in these as a child in the early 1960's
I remember NIgel, If I remember rightly his parents ran the Café on a roundabout. At Carshalton.
His sister was going out with a trainee Doctor. We used to go around with ROBERT,
We used to go to the WOODSTOCK , Tania and I Used to say we were Nigel's sisters.
We used to be such good friends, why did we lose contact. Would love to hear from
Nigel and Robert.
My great grandmother was Mary Ann Gowland b.1849 d.1927, married John Stephenson 1868. They lived in Gowlands yard, Kirkgate, thirsk, which was yard to left of cross keys. Mary Ann and John had 8 children.
Many happy memories of staying in a few of the beach cottages in the dunes in the early 1960's , I have a picture of myself my mother and brother outside a little cottage called 'Shalimar' I must have been only 10 at the time. Holidays there were always happy times.
My mother live in a bungalow up on Cefn hircoed she left there and moved to Sarn she will be 80 in September I love 2 find a photo of the bungalow as a surprise can anybody help please
I am trying to make contact with any close family or friends of the late Bryan Sharples and his late wife Sarah (Sally) McKinnell. Bryan was born in Blackburn in 1932, served with the 11th Hussars in the Regimental Band and worked for Yates & Thomas. Sarah was born in Belfast in 1937 and they married in Blackpool in December 1958. They emigrated to the USA in 1961. I am hoping that any ...see more
Is this antingham hall in Norfolk? Nr nort Walsham?
The cottage on the left of the photo belonged to my grandparents - Thomas and Elisabeth Leach from the mid 40's until the late 60's. Many happy days were spent there with my cousins.
Can anyone remember the Millers pies & pastries depot in sevenoaks? I was there for short time around this era. Is it still there ?
We hope to visit Birchington again this year 2019, love the place, wish the Wayside cafe was still there, it was where my Aunt Audrey & Uncle Dennis had their wedding reception, Aunt Audrey was the head pastry & cake chef/cook & my other Uncle met his wife Betty there, happy memories, of Birchington in the 50's , hope to visit the United service club also
Saturday the 8th June 1963 was predicted to be the hottest day of the year thus far. Setting off by coach from Cheltenham were members of a savings club, myself included, bound for Weymouth. Our first stop was for refreshments at the Weymouth Arms in Warminster. This excellent hostelry left such an indelible stamp on my memory (since at the time i was a 17 year old on his first visit to the South Coast) that over ...see more
I lived in calne from 1960 to 1962 i have many fond memories of my time spent there i stayed with my ant and uncle i remember my first school was near the church then i was sent to a schol by double decker bus what semed like a long drivfe out of town my uncle used to take me aroun in the icecream truck the whit horse at cherhill was one place he used to sell icecreams and i would roll down the hill i remember the ...see more
My wife of that time & myself trained as pub managers at the badger pub in the early 1980's.
Alan & Leisha were our trainers , it was their pub.
Got to know a few of the regulars was a nice time.
Anyone have memories of this place in that era ?
Regards, Peter Butler.
My Life in Rosedale Abbey - Raymond Beharrell
During the last war my brother and I lived in York very near to the main railway yards. The area was always on the target for the German bombers, being railway sidings. Many children were evacuated to safer areas to families who were willing to help. My brother and I were very lucky as my Auntie May (May Taylor) lived in Rosedale Abbey at the time and she ...see more
When I was sixteen (1967) I worked at the Eaton Stud and one of the large paddocks was called the Crook of Dee ,each winter it would flood so was never used or able to be used for for grazing , the flooding was looked on as a blessing as the thought was that it naturally fertilised the land !
Allan Perry
In the late 1950
i was born at 15 charles st palmers buildings in 1948 i recall the dunns cotchers the macmullens the dents who used yo keep pigs in the back yard we would exchange tattie peelings for spangles as we were rationed i remember pissing in the painters pot in charles street then legging it i thought i got away with it until my mother remarked on it some fifty years later.
freddie horsfield /
I was at Westfield Junior School from 65 to 70, we lived at Westfield Oval.
Mr Gooch's regime of daily repetitive and monotonous chanting of times tables has held me in good stead all my life. He also had a unique method of calling the register whilst transposing first letters of christian names and surnames so as Mark Bradley I became Bark Madly for 5 long years. Shirley Wright wasn't too impressed ...see more
I lived on nevendon road by a yard that made building blocks.. I was only 4 or 5 and remember walking to a nursery school with my mother.this was a church hall behind the police station. I remember the market and good old Woolworths. A lot more green fields then obviously. I then attended the infants / junior school . Fond memories
I was one of the first pupils through the door at Corby Grammar School in 1955. I'd spent my first year at Kettering High School so was in the second year at CGS and I loved every minute from the day I first walked in. John Kempe the Head Master started off the school with no rules. He told us that if we did something silly or stupid he'd make a rule to cover it. We eventually were give rule books which ...see more
I remember the Maternity Unit being built. My father was on the committee that planned it and it was paid for by the Nuffield Trust, as was the Diagnostic Centre. I remember dad telling me that 'it cost £1,000 a bed' and there were 40 beds, so cheap at the price I suppose to be built for £40,000. My first child was born there in 1971 and I remember the building so well. There were crickets chirruping in the roof at night. ...see more
I was the secretary to Derek Vink, the first manager of The Strathclyde Hotel when it opened. He'd come from being manager of The Black Boy Hotel in Nottingham and he and his wife and son lived in the flat at the top of the building. It was an exciting time as it was only the second hotel in Corby after The Raven which was looking sad and run down by 1965. Being a member of staff, other than the catering and housekeeping ...see more
I grew up in Wembley (Monks Park area) and attended Oakington Manor Primary and then Wembley County Grammar. After school I worked and trained as a nursery nurse at Roundwood Park nursery in Willesden.
I was married at Park Lane Methodist Church to my lovely husband in 1969 - 50 years ago! We then moved to Kent and now Hampshire but of course your photos and memories have now triggered so many of my own memories. Thank you!
We lived at number 20 from the early 50's to 1969 when we moved down to Devon. It was a lovely street to live in with the magnificent beeches all along. Nice neighbours- the Radfords at number 16 and the Huttons at 22. We had a plot of land between us and number 18- Miss Vine- which was sold for building when we moved. As it was, it made a great football pitch but must have been a devil to keep up for my Dad. There ...see more
My sister and I were boarders at Cedar House School,St Neots in 1968 before it merged with Morcott Hall School in Rutland. Fitzy moved with us to Morcott Hall. My father left the Army and we eventually settled in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Amazingly my Mum met Fitzy at her local Church Mothers Union when she was talking about her travels as an Army wife and her daughters attending Boarding School!!!
Can someone tell me when the Windmill Tearooms opened and when they closed and any photos of it inside at the time stories or photos wish this had been around in 1980 and who ran it and what did they serve what was it before a tea room and what is it now?
The Greenway Tylers Green 1966-73
We spent the first night after getting married in our new house at 46 the Greenway, Tylers Green, but despite promises by the builders, there was no electricity connected. so we only had cold food and drink before we left in the morning for our honeymoon. Our house was the only one finished in our terrace of six, with the garden area of rock hard bare ...see more
March 1973 – Life at the Fairways Dilton Marsh
Not too long after moving in I found out that the area near where we lived was in fact known locally as ‘The Tanyard’ and now years later there is a new road where the tannery was called Tanyard Way.
The local school which was just a modest walk up the High Street past the small Haberdashery shop (now a hairdressers), the Holy Trinity Church, the Post ...see more
I have some wonderful memories of Dartford and my old school. I remember walking down East Hill every Saturday morning with my mum and sister to go shopping downtown and always stopping by the loose sweet counter in the Woolworth where we would buy sweets weighed on old scales. (Now it’s Iceland and alas no loose sweet counter)...unfortunately I lost touch with my ...see more
My grandparents were evacuated here during the war so we spent our holidays here from the mid 1950s I loved Pen with its promenade ,fairy glen ,and the lovely covered streets.Best of all Sambrooks cafe its pond and ice cream and little penny machines.They lived at Glanfrwyd on Fernbrook Rd opposite Eden hall with its goldfish pond grandad always said the stream in the garden supplied their fountain!!YeRs later I ...see more
I believe my Grandfather bought the Garreg Lwyd in 1946 and it was my fathers home when he was young. Does anyone know anything about it's early history?
I know what it became in the 70's and what it is today as I still frequently visit Benllech.
My mother and us 4 girls stayed every year for several weeks of the summer holidays. I was the eldest (born in 1935).
Our Dad came down from Norwich at weekends. This was probably about 1945 - 1953. My mother was a sports teacher before she married and she only had to come down to the beach and numbers of kids suddenly appeared and we all played French Cricket or another game organised by my mother and had a whale of ...see more
I worked in The Metropolitan Convalescent home for children for 2 years from 1951 to 1953 I have many Happy memories here I wonder if any one else remembers this, we spent many hours on the beach and the children coming from London District, a lot of them had neve seen the beach before so thoroughly enjoyed themselves. I have a Very strong memory of a really bad storm one night with dustbins and other ...see more
Does anyone remember or know someone that might remember the McKinnell family who lived on Bourton Street in the mid 1950's. The property they lived at may have been a Blacksmith's I think. I am producing an extended family tree and would like to put a little history to the families I research. The McKinnell family consisted of James & Sarah McKinnell (nee Bamford) and their children. ...see more
I remember while at school with a 20 min walk to the church and or to the cinema to see the first showing of Disney's fantasia then walk back to school those were the days I was staying in the school from about 1964 to 1969 I met Sam kid on the green just past the cinema got his signature, best years of my life and I am 65 soon.
it's really good I remember lots of thing that come back to me some names from ...see more
1951 was border at Miss Howell"s (the management). house at 5 Clifton Road. Used to go the the Muswell Hill tennis club and meet a girl, Margaret Seymour to play tennis with. Pretty girl. Would take bus in the week to Archway to The Aldwych on my way to Kings college on the Strand. Happy days-Lovely violets dear. Star , News or Standard was the cry after the war.
My memory of working there from me been 14yrs old to 17yrs old. Employed by mr and mrs crosby as a live in maid. I would love to know what became of them. If anyone that reads this emai and has any information on it, id be very intersted to hearing from them. Thankyou
My sister and I attended this school. I left in 1964/5 having failed my 11+, my younger sister staying till we moved to South London in 1967. When we were there Miss Blight was headteacher, Mrs Blight a teacher and Jennifer Blight was head girl. My friend Catherine Attlee also attended the school. Catherine had a horse which I managed to fall off and broke my arm. Miss Blight made Catherine take the ...see more
A two bedroom flat on the third floor, 46, Durham Buildings, became home to me, my two siblings and parents for about 9 months from 1961 to 1962. The flat had no bathroom but a small outside balcony which housed the toilet that had no window and no electricity for lighting. We'd venture out there day and night, rain, snow or shine with a torch light and my siblings and I always visited that ...see more
My memory of the Rock House Hotel is very particular and rooted in the period 1973-1980
My stepfather's family owned the White House across the paddock field from the Rock House Hotel. The gate from The Huts & Boat Shed nearest the road to the beach opened almost directly onto the side entrance to the hotel, then run by the terribly tall and rather Fawlty like Trevor.
As a teenage boy 'camping' in ...see more
This picture I believe was taken from Woodheads. You can compare it with an earlier photo of 1894 of 'Grange over Sands from Woodheads' (photo ref 34123). It is interesting to see that the land below Woodheads was still unbuilt upon at 1921 although a new house has appeared on what looks like Highfield Road. In 1908 the Woodheads Estate had land sloping down to Fernleigh Road and Kentsbank Road. I am ...see more
I attended this school from 1949 until 1952. Headmaster Hugh Parrington, teachers Miss Ethel Mordaunt and Miss Ina Offen. Unconventional education but enjoyable. Does anyone else remember it? When was it established and when closed down?
Rita Acott (nee Bennett)
I recall Mr Harry Shaw and his car. He was a philosopher and social commentator as much as a teacher. He taught me much more about life than he did about technical drawing. In fact, my class always tried to get him to expound on some contemporary social topic. Once he got going, we knew that we would do no more that lesson than draw the name and title box on the bottom right-hand corner of the paper. ...see more
Would love to hear from anyone who remembers my father or my grandfather who were the proprietors of this shop. Geoff and Edgar Edwards.
My memory is linked to the current interest in Windrush, as I spent many hours on a Sunday morning, sat on a pile of newspapers at Tilbury docks, watching the passengers arrive from the exotic East and West Indies.
Sian Edwards
Hi everyone,
My mum is visiting Hayling island for the first time since she left there in the 60's.
I am just trying to surprise who by seeing if I can find any old friends she made there :)
She lives in Nottingham and her name is Gillian Stanfield.
She is on facebook and I bet she would be over the moon to share some memories :)
Many thanks
Carl Stanfield
I moved from St Pancras to Etherley Road Tottenham with my parents as a very young baby. I was born in 1941 and lived in Tottenham until my late teens. I went to Belmont school from 1953 to 1956 during which time I had a class girl friend called Sandy. I had many friends in those days most of whose names I cannot remember. I was a friend of Dave Clark who also went to Belmont School. I spent some time at Bruce ...see more
My parents over the years owned 3 caravans.
They were on howisons/Robinson's caravan site(now Whitehouse's leisure)
We spent every weekend and every holiday there.
Lots of lovely friends there..my dad played the organ in the camp club.
I am still in touch with two girls I met all those years ago.
The memories no one can take away.
I go back to towyn as often as I can...
I still love the place
Thanx for the wonderful memories..x
I was born in Bradninch on February 17th 1951. I lived in the house I was born in, at 12 Passmore Road, where I lived till I married Alan Gubb. I was Lorraine Hooper, youngest daughter of Gilbert & Kathleen Hooper.
I enjoyed going to school in my younger days and made several friends.
Bradninch has changed a bit over the years and I don't know many people who live there now. Its a cute village, quaint and ...see more
So many memories of Upminster in growing up, thankfully my memory is still intact. Wonder how many people remember the following, Silver Horn sold the most delicious ice cream in Corbets Tey Road. Unigate dairy was at the back of the now Rooms furniture store, with the milk dispenser machine in Station Road selling cartons of milk chocolate drink :-)
Room Stores with the toy depart on the top floor now ...see more
Hi all. I'm in the process of putting together a social history of Cowdenbeath and would greatly appreciate input from any users of this 'Memories' forum. If you'd be happy to share your memories over a cup of tea please let me now by contacting me on 07968 773 918 or at info@anim8s.com. Your input would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Martin