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My first memory is watching the tide come in by the London Apprentice. As it got dark the reflected lights and sound of lapping water. Sometimes walking from Kew Bridge and getting the ferry across. Later on sitting on the seat by the graveyard railings with different girl friends, and again watching the tide before going into the London Apprentice for a drink. I remember one afternoon in December in the fifties cycling ...see more
I'm Anthony Smith, my brother was Bobby(deceased) We lived in Peel Ave, Higher Ardwick we left in 1963 and moved to Hattersley. My sisters Are Dorothy(Dot),Valerie(deceased) and Angela.
does any one remember a bar in croydon town centre in the late 60/early 70 called the beir kellor i think it was just past where marks and spencers is now you had to go down some steps to get i used to go there but cant find any reference to it
Hope memorial camp left by Arthur hope in the 1920s, we left our school in London black heath at 8:30am on June 3rd 2019 and arrived at 4:30pm the same day. i was sick twice on the coach and twice in the toilets at the pit stops. i was one of 14 girls and 12 year 8 children who went on the trip last week along with 4 teachers. on the Tuesday after arriving we went ghyll scrambling which ...see more
The photo of the Market Cross takes me back to two memories, of 1970 & 1975. On & off, I lived on the Hillmead estate from the '60's to late '70's.
June 1970 - the town is full of young people, with long hair. Noisy motorcycles - mostly British - go round the Cross. The Post Office, at the left of the picture, is covered with sellotaped notes - it has become a contact point for ...see more
When I first moved to Worcestershire - or Hereford & Worcestershire as it was then - I had a temporary post under the Job Creation Scheme. We were working for Malvern Council, doing such delightful work as glass fibre insulation of lofts & cleaning out gutters. Being young & keen we would often run out of our scheduled work by midweek. We would then get a cash 'sub' from the manager, take our ...see more
I had just started at my boarding school The Sacred Heart Convent In Hove Brighton when the first bomb of the war fell , we were hastily evacuated to Shropshire ,the first term we shared with another school, the next term we were at Lutwyche Hall, a massive place with a farm attached . To help with war work we were sent to do some potato picking. the farm also had horses which we were allowed to ride, ...see more
This would be around the first time I visited Stonehenge - I have a clear memory of sitting on the stone in the foreground. My father was a sergeant major (REME) at the local army base, Aldershot?, in the early to mid sixties.
I rather rebelled against my military background, & my next few visits to Stonehenge were for the Free Festival at the Summer Solstice, from the late '70's on.
The 'shock ...see more
The shop on the right is Hobleys' Ironmongers. As a youngster I would buy my fishing tackle, airgun pellets, & sheath-knives there. I would gave in awe at the new Diana & BSA airguns that they stocked - way beyond my pocket & paper round money, I had second - probably tenth! - hand items, purchased from 'Secondhand Joes shop' as it was known.
Seems strange nowadays that I could walk ...see more
My goodness what a walk back in time thanks everyone for bringing back so many lovely memories. I do remember Miss Hurst and her dog who used to keep guard on me until Miss Hurst was ready to tell me off again!
Miss Kelly was my form teacher and seemed to understand me and guide me.
MY FRIENDS WERE christine Faulkner Maureen Bolton Jose Harris and I remember Pamela Long.I now live in Qld Australia have for the last ...see more
During WW2 my uncle Bob was billited in the area, and my mother took me up to visit him. I was only a child, but I have a memory of being allowed to stand on this bridge while it was being turned. Was this possible?
I also have a memory of being near the river and seeing some sort of factory transport system which ran on overhead rail, and a lad on a rowing boat with one oar at the back sculling downstream at a fair old pace.
Does anyone remember the Canham family. Fred used to have a shellfish round. Chris
Anyone remember queuing up for Saturday morning pictures? The queues were long and we all looked forward to the exciting serial with cliff hanger ending each week, cowboys like Roy Rogers and Hopalong Cassidy, cartoons like Bugs Bunny and the escapades of the children in 'Our Gang'. I think in those days Staines had three cinemas; The Regal, The Majestic and another one, commonly known as The Fleapit. A ...see more
I was at Bexley Technical High School for Girls from 1964 until 1971 I remember Miss Fuller and her grey suit and bun Strict but fair I also remember Miss Grainger the PE teacher and her sandals and grey skirt. Can't remember the name of the cookery teacher She called everyone a "silly pie" Miss Richardson used to make you kneel down to check your skirt length I hated the grey beret !! Miss ...see more
My memories of Wyggie girls school straddle the years 1951 to 1956. I can still remember being in awe of Miss Pedley until she appeared in th end of year play 1066 and all that. She was a natural actress and had us all in stitches. I would love to hear from anyone who was in the science forms during the same years. Will there be reunion 2020
Janet Carter
Hi I went to st.bedes 1966/1970 headmaster mr.collinge
Best teacher sid sheen geography!! Anyone remember him? I was dawn Boden friends helen mcabe , Margaret atherton.
Remember Ada but not surname. Also Joe Boyle English Mick Read maths
The cinema was called the Herga.
i was born and brought up in Moore this is a picture of the old post office that was run by my aunt and uncle Jim and Josie Woods ,the little boy is there son Maurice who is my cousin Margaret Evans is with the dog and i believe the other little girl is Linda Callon , my grandmother lived three doors down from the post office where my aunty still lives I have lots of memories of a charmed childhood My maiden ...see more
I was born at the mill house 1955 what a life we had , I now live in Hampshire , my parents were Dr GC Hickie and Elizabeth Hickie
my memories of spiers bank.i was at school at the time and my gran sent me to spiers bank on a school trip.iwas alone there as i didnt bother with the other kids i my classroom.my best mate wasnt there for some reason.anyway i got to spiers bank and i can always remember walking on the track and at each side of me where trees.it felt magical at the time and a sence of freedom.i was alone but it didnt seem it there.i ...see more
Visited my Grandson, who is at Bristol University - his last year. Never been to Bristol before and couldn't believe how many interesting sights there are to see. A City with so much history. Spent four exhausting days, full of amazing sights and history plus amazing Cathedral and Churches.
Thanks to the Hop on Hop Off Bus.
Doreen Josephine Hyner aged 80
Bentalls was a big shop, especially if like me you'd grown up in small villages & army bases. I can remember seeing a bespoke luxury car being parked between the escalators.
Not having a TV at my aunts house in Raynes Park, where we were living for a few years, Cup Final day would see me catching buses to Kingston. That was, I think, the only day they would have the volume turned up on the demo ...see more
I grew up in Glasgow and my dad Hughie Crawford often talked fondly about Newton Poppleford and Colaton Raleigh. He was in the Royal Marines during the war and was stationed at Lympstone and then Torquay. I know he visited Newton Pop along with a mate Charlie Pinkham (from Tiverton). Although I don’t know any names, I remember him often talking about a house called Ova Yonda. There will not many folks left from those ...see more
there is pictures of the old houses on VALE MEMORIES AND BANTER SITE ,And im sure there is one of Whiskery Dick,(he has relatives on the site)
my aunt and uncle Harry and Marjorie had the shop Strong bros, we would visit them in school hols, help with the cricket teas. strange the shop now sells fossels. I remember taylor sitting crossed legged on the floor.
My 3rd Great Grandparents lived at 23 Seagate, Irvine in the late 1800s. Their surname was Burns.
My parents moved to Enfield in 1936 when I was 6 years old. we lived in Norfolk Rd Ponders End.
I loved Saturday Minors at the Picture Palace ( The Plaza ) seeing Buck Jones the cowboy and Flash Gordon,
It was damaged by bombing and never opened again as a Cinema, but there were so many others' within easy
reach. Leaving school at 14 I worked at BERCO,s factory in ...see more
In the late 70's early 80's, I used to stay overnight at Wincham Hall, as a Lorry driver. From memory, the parking area was reasonably large, and could accommodate quite a few vehicles. I remember walking down the road, to have a quiet pint, at a pub called the "Slow 'n' Easy".... Don't remember too much more, except for a very clean and tidy tanker, that used to park up regularly, from a company called " Caxton Chocolate"...
Roy Hollis
Hi , my dad grew up in eltham and we have a big family mystery ongoing .
I have pictures of people dating back to the 50’s and 60’s.
I am wondering if any of you fine people would know the names of these people .
I won’t share the mystery as yet as I need to find out if anyone remembers these people
I worked in Crewe 1980/81
In a shop called Motorist Discount Centre anyone remember it, or anyone who worked there? I then worked at Brown Bros motor factors on Crewe gates estate for a couple of years. Happy days 😊
I was born in my nanas house at Waterloo where my dad Harold bell had lived as a child with his 4 sisters Eleanor dot violet and Eileen he married my mam Winnie and moved to Brady sq in 1955 we lived there till I was 10 in Clyde tTce no 4 I think upstairs, loo in yard
I remember the kitchen cabnit and geezer which basically was the kitchen
I attended Biddick school at the bottom of the street in 1962 does anyone ...see more
As a youngster in the late '60's I was very keen on aquatic life, & there was plenty in the lake. Minnows, sticklebacks, Great Crested & other newts/amphibians, dragonfly & diving beetle larvae. It's an interest that has stayed with me - I have a large wildlife pond in the garden. The island in the photo is smaller than I recall - maybe it was made bigger later, as more modern pictures ...see more
On the left of the photo is the Crown. For many years, this was my local. A good combination of beers & ciders, great bar staff (John Ellis, the landlord, Rachel, Carol, Mel, Yvonne & Keith, the last three sadly died ) & regulars, also frequent live music nights, quizzes, beer festivals & brewery trips made it our 'go to' pub. It was a proper pub, no TV, games machines or jukebox. My ...see more
the year would be around 1978, I know this for in this year I passed my driving test, anyway we came to live in New Yatt having moved from Wantage where I grew up, so as one can imagine was not very happy having left my friends and the area, after a long search locally, eventually my parents found a cottage they liked something my mother had always wanted, the cottage once owned by a doctor himself a background history, ...see more
I was born in 1940 and lived for the first 20 years of my life in Church Road Notholt, my grandfather built the house in which we lived together with many others in that road. I started school in 1945 in a wooden hall behind the Methodist church in Church Road, later moving into classes in the church itself. We were then moved to the old school opposite the Target public house near the roundabout on the ...see more
I moved to Lymm in 1955 when I was 10. My form teacher was Mr Whittle. I remember also Mr Low ( who I had a crush on) and Mrs Smith, who took us for needlework. The boys used to do gardening with Mr Low. Some of the others in my class were Jeffrey Craig, Roger Benn, Marlys Parry, Winifed Arden, Ruth Archer, Leslie Stott, and Norma ?Stanforth.The last two are on my Christmas card list.Norma''s married name is Lee. If anyone remembers me, Pauline Vickers, I would love to hear from you.
My first girlfriend went on holiday here in 1955 so I waited impatiently for a letter from her. Lovely memory
Hello! I am tracing my maternal family who were born, lived, married and died in Droxford. Does anyone remember or have connections with any Hillyers in Droxford? Henry Hillyer was my great grandfather and was Sexton of Droxford church for over 40 years.
Going to the pictures at Raynes Park .
If I remember my friend Nigel's sister Denise used to go to her boyfriends flat in RP,
he was studying to be a Doctor, A load of us used to go with her Me Robert, Tania.
Why did we lose contact.
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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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