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I was born in Walker 1946 to be accurate. They were slums even though the women did their best to keep them clean and rodent free. I remember my mum doing the washing in the wash-house in the back yard, she had to start a ...Read more

A memory of Byker in 1959 by Jacqueline Pilgrim

Throughout the first half of the 1950's I would spend every school holiday at Linton, with my maternal grandparents. Initially my mum would accompany me from our home in Trumpington to Drummer Street bus station, where ...Read more

A memory of Linton in 1952 by Brian Goodliffe

In the late thirties, my mother worked as a dispatcher in Stuarts Bakery in Church Street just down from the junction with Randolph Street. This building has been closed down now for many years. In the ...Read more

A memory of Buckhaven in 1950 by David Gillies

I remember a van that came from the Bildeston fish and chip shop that used to park up in my Granddad's yard in Whatfield.

A memory of Bildeston in 1959 by Valerie Allard

I worked under ground at Abercynon Colliery from 1951 until 1953. I worked on the coal face in the "S" district, a five foot coal seam which was about 100 yards in length and which had a slight gradient. I ...Read more

A memory of Abercynon in 1950 by Royden Jones

"The Providence", as it was commonly known, stood at the corner of Laundry Yard and The Lynch. Built in 1795 with a later facade it was a gem of late georgian "chapel" architecture. You entered through a ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1955 by Philip Cousins

Laundry Yard was the narrowest and quaintest of the Yards in Uxbridge. Located between Windsor Street and Lawn Road it ran from the High St to The Lynch. There was still a laundry there when I was a boy (The Sunlight Laundry, I think it ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1956 by Philip Cousins

I lived at Mid Shirva Farm from 1950 till 1964. My father was the byreman, he was known as Wee Jock and my mum was Jan. I had a happy time growing up there; the summers seemed to be endless. I played in the fields during the harvest, ...Read more

A memory of Twechar in 1950 by Helen Dickson

I was born in Brewery Yard, Great Haywood. After the war my mum moved to Notting Hill, London, so in the summer holidays my sister and I would stay at Nan & Grandads in the village. Mum {Eileen Bailey} played the piano in the ...Read more

A memory of Great Haywood in 1954 by Christine Pitcher

I used to live at No 52 on the left of the picture, in a flat on the 4th floor. I was only 7, I remember the first night while lying in bed I heard a screech of brakes and a dog yelping. The next morning my mum told me that a dog had ...Read more

A memory of Shrewsbury in 1954 by Maxine Pickett