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This is the church in Warren Road where l was christened in 1956, and sat through many a Sunday morning service. The vicar's name was Mr Carey. I used to attend monthly church parades with the Brownies and then the Guides, and my brother ...Read more

A memory of Nork in 1956 by Patricia White

I remember Joe Wyche very, very well; a very progressive man, and to be frank I owe my success to him. At age thirteen he hauled me into his office to inform me I was lazy and he was going to make me work. In consequence I did work for ...Read more

A memory of Poynton in 1956 by Rodney Trippier

My earliest memories are living in no 6 Greystone Cottages. We had no inside loo and had to go to the end of the terrace for the loo. We moved to Hillary Close, Salterbeck for a while to allow modernisation to take ...Read more

A memory of High Harrington in 1953

I was born in Middleton in 1957 and we lived in Pork Street which I believe no longer exist. People I remember living there at the same time are the Woods family, Peter and Trevor Fox with their mum and dad, Conrad and his ...Read more

A memory of Middleton in 1957 by Lynda Wilson

I was born in Tean and in about 1957, when I was 8 yrs old, I was allowed to travel to Cheadle alone on the PMT service buses. I was 8yrs old. My gran would meet me at the cinema stop on Butlers Hill. She would ...Read more

A memory of Cheadle in 1957 by Janita Plant

Like the former correspondent, I remember Miss Briggs (Fanny) who took the top class. The book she read was the autobiography of Albert Schweitzer; a missionary in Africa. Miss Briggs seemed to have eyes in the back of her head. ...Read more

A memory of Bredbury in 1955 by David Street

I remember going to get groceries from a shop called Perks (think was the name). It had those green and white (or black) mosaic tiles on the walls. Old fashioned scales, and I always loved the SPAM they sold! I seem to remember one of the girls I ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1950 by Polly Short

I lived in Rugby from 1949 to 1952 having had contacts with the town since the early 1940s. My brother and sister and I, as children, used to attend this church which is the cloistered building back left of the ...Read more

A memory of Rugby in 1950 by Nial Reynolds

I lived at 24 Cross Street, Cambridge from the age of three till I got married in 1969. My mother was Pat and my father was Bill Turner. I attended Saint Barnabus Infant School, then Saint Paul's, and went on to ...Read more

A memory of Cambridge in 1958 by John Turner

My mother worked in the cafe for many years. I used to play with John, who lived there with his parents and sister.

A memory of Llandudno in 1952 by Glyn Davies