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Falling In The Pond

Rod Swift remarked (in a previous memory) about falling in the pond - well I was one of these. Rod must be my cousin's son, as my aunt and uncle lived in the house referred to. Around 1953 on an icy cold day in winter, a ...Read more

A memory of Lingfield in 1953 by Jean Chambers

Henfold Lane Newdigate

I was four when my parents, Geoff and Pyll Kleboe, bought Keepers Cottage, Henfold Lane, Newdigate. A Mrs Thompson and her husband "Blackberry Jack" had lived there for many years and the property was very run down. With ...Read more

A memory of Newdigate in 1951 by Sarah Rashbrooke

Uncle Tom

During the early Second World War years there was considerable construction along the Barton beach and the cliff top to hinder any possible designs of the dastardly twins on our rural paradise. These constructions used to be a major ...Read more

A memory of New Milton in 1951 by Roger Williams

Boston Blew Away Tottenham

Boston were on a roll in the 1955 F.A Cup. They beat Derby County 6-1 at Derby. In the next round we where drawn away to Tottenham Hotspur; great excitement filled the town. Special trains were laid on, to take the ...Read more

A memory of Boston in 1955 by Bob Marriott

The Londoner Rickt@Pdqnet

I wonder if any one remembers the cockney kid Fred, who moved into "The Elms" back in 55 at the wonderful age of 15, went to school in Sandown for almost a year until graduation, ended up with the Royal Mail until I ...Read more

A memory of Newchurch in 1955 by Frederick Townend

The Broadway Bexleyheath 1953 On

I used to live in Grace Avenue, Bexleyheath and one of my earliest memories is of first viewing the house when I was 2 years old. We moved in about 6 months later. I can remember seeing Fairfield Road marked ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1953 by Josephine Taylor

Happy Days

We used to live in 3 Cromer Street, with my Dad's Uncle Bert. If memory serves, Bert used to work at the Phurnacite Plant, but my overriding memory is of him selling 'Corona' pop from the house. He must have had a franchise of some ...Read more

A memory of Abercwmboi in 1951 by Allan Jones

Honey Pot Cottage At Wraysbury

My aunt, Beryl Reid, moved into Honey Pot Cottage in Wraysbury in the late 1950s and we spent many happy days visiting her. The river was fascinating and there was a houseboat on the other side of the river that ...Read more

A memory of Wraysbury in 1959 by Susan Reid Povall

Watling Avenue Market

I was born in 1938 in London. My parents moved to Burnt Oak when I was 3. The Second World War made a big impression on me. I remember having to sleep in an indoor steel cage. Other times we had to dash over to the air raid ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1955 by Brian Banks

School Holiday

I was on a week's holiday with other pupils from Ardwick Secondary Technical School in Manchester, five girls shared what was known as the film star bedroom, a most beautiful room with oil paintings on the walls. I was 15 at ...Read more

A memory of Moreton Paddox in 1954 by Barbara Lea

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