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I arrived in Gravesend in 1958 on the back of my boyfriend's motorbike, we had travelled from Colchester in Essex. My father, who was in the army, had been posted to Gravesend so we all had to move. We crossed the river ...Read more

A memory of Gravesend in 1958 by Mary Back

The little house next to Mary Newman`s Cottage is where I live now...but I first walked past it with my mother at about the time this photo was taken. We got off the steam train at the station just up the hill, to walk to the ...Read more

A memory of Saltash in 1955 by Steve Fuller

Medmenham was a beautiful posting and a happy place. I attended the local dance hall.... where I was in great demand having danced to Silver medal class beore joining the RAF. Dream on you say !!!!!! Yes indeed. I am still in touch with ...Read more

A memory of Medmenham in 1956 by Paddy Pollock

We moved to nearby Kingshurst and the Post Office on the corner of Hurst Lane was the nearest for collecting the much needed Family Allowance. It was a good walk as the buses were not very frequent. When I was newly married 13 ...Read more

A memory of Castle Bromwich in 1956 by Lynda Ridgard

I went to school in Bexleyheath between 1950 and 1954. I believe the school was in Pelham Road but I can't be sure. Maybe there was a separate infants department in North Street? My first (very ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1950 by John Howard Norfolk

Yes, I lived on the Watchfield housing estate from 1952 to 1953. Large numbers of paras and their equipment were dropped regularly at the airfield. Trainees jumped from large silver barrage balloons, but experienced ...Read more

A memory of Watchfield in 1953 by Geoff King

I think this picture could show Mr Farthing who was a teacher at the Boys School, near the railway bridge. When I was walking to and from the girls' school at the other end of the village I often used to meet him rolling along, ...Read more

A memory of Twyford in 1953 by Phoebe Newton

I was only 3 years old and we lived in Elthorne Rd just across the street from The Militia Canteen on the corner of Villier St. I do remember the flags and bunting draped across the front of the buildingl and the coronation childrens ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1952 by Philip Cousins

On the left hand side of the photograph next to the zebra crossing is Eastwells, a greengrocers and fruiterers. My father Harold Besent who is in the window in a white coat was a partner and also the managing director from 1940 ...Read more

A memory of High Barnet in 1955 by Claire Allen

I attended a presentation at St George's Hall as a youngster, where I received a beautiful certificate in recognition of an essay I had written. I have no idea what I wrote about but since the RSPCA awarded the certificate, ...Read more

A memory of Liverpool in 1959 by Lynne Mc Carrick