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I went to teach in Wookey School in September 1957. My name was Ann Lawrence, "Miss Lawrence!". I came to Wookey after teaching at Dagenham Docks, and Wookey was heaven! The headmaster was Mr. Watts, a lovely man. He lived in the school ...Read more

A memory of Wookey in 1958 by Ann Evans

I was born in 1952 in Washington Road, Worcester Park. From age 6 I was doing the shopping for my two feckless parents up and down that road on a 3 wheel trike. My life from then was as the most abused child imaginable. I took ...Read more

A memory of Motspur Park in 1958 by Jennifer Tataryn

I was a boarder at Beauclerc School in the 1950s and remember Miss Garlic and Miss Walters. Miss Garlic did everything - stoked the boiler (called Robin), looked after us, taught, issued the bills and weeded the garden. She kept ...Read more

A memory of Sunbury in 1950 by Josephine Felton

I was on the ward for TB patients in 1952 waiting for a lobectomy. I am now 76 and have survived. I was wondering if any old patients look at this site. I was Pat Fisher then, and have so many memories of in spite of ...Read more

A memory of Carshalton in 1953 by Patricia Cohen

Not quite sure when we moved from Charminster to Dewlish, but it was magical. The Bothy was the house attached to the Dewlish House kitchen gardens. Apparently it was last occupied in the war to billet American troops. The ...Read more

A memory of Dewlish in 1955 by Christopher Morris

Myself, my mum and dad, and my sister lived in Rowton House for the first 14 years of my life. Rowton House was owned by my Grandfather, Arthur Griffiths who also owned and ran the Shakespeare Inn on the corner ...Read more

A memory of Cheltenham in 1955 by Carol Collins

THE LAKE as we called it was the other side of the bunny hills, brings back memories of our childhood. The house nearby was once occupied by the Manager of the brick company, that dug out the clay that created the lake, he was our great ...Read more

A memory of Arlesey in 1950 by Michael Smith

My dad was the village policeman from 1952 to 1958. He was Edward (Ted) Parkinson and we moved from Liverpool to Bolton-le-Sands in 1952. We lived in 40 Church Brow, which was the police house at that time. My dad ...Read more

A memory of Bolton-le-Sands in 1953 by Ann Wemyss Cooke

 My family lived in Manor Cottage, the house on the left, when I was born in 1959. It was such a friendly village. I knew everyone who lived in the lower half of the village. I was able to walk safely down the road to the village school ...Read more

A memory of Oving in 1959 by Christine Diamond

My mother and father had a newsagent's shop on Tatton Street. They were Jack and Gladys Ackerley. We lived there until the mid 1960s. The shop was opposite The Duke Of Edinborough public house. I still remember lying in bed at night and ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1950 by Barbara Burgoyne