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I was sent to a children's home in Great Baddow when I was about twelve. My memorys are sad and happy ones. Miss May and Miss Abbs ran the home. Miss May I remember had a Boxer dog and many years later I bought one in ...Read more

A memory of Great Baddow in 1950

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

I used to live at Raymead which was a complex of 24 prefabs, they have been replaced now by a new estate. I come back to Lingfield every year to see the village I grew up in. When I got married to a local lad in 1963 we moved ...Read more

A memory of Lingfield in 1951 by Lydia Peyton

Can anyone remember a teacher called Miss Miriam Roberts? The first class teacher for girls in the junior school Brynteg. The boys would have left infants school for Blacklane school in Pentre Broughton. She used to ...Read more

A memory of Brynteg in 1950

As a pupil at Manor Hall Secondary School I also remember the Valiant crashing and the plume of smoke with the explosion as it hit the railway line by Southwick Recreation Ground. As it was lunch time no members of the public ...Read more

A memory of Southwick in 1956 by Roger Hunter

I remember the nurse, she was called Codine Anne - you got that tablet for everything. We went to the Berkley gospel hall Sundays. We got tea and sandwiches and that was a luxury. Being at the sea school I had food parcels from home. ...Read more

A memory of Sharpness in 1956 by John Bird

hello, My wife remembers going to Martello camp in Walton on the naze for holidays from the childrens home in Hornchurch in the late 1940 to 1950. They stayed in army style tents and kept all their gear in the Martello tower out of the rain! any one remember?

A memory of Walton-On-The-Naze in 1950 by Brian Trimmer

I remember this hospital with mixed emotions. As a child of 5/6 in 1953/4 I was taken by my Dad weekly to visit my mother who had spinal fusion surgery - I think Mr Rose was the name of the surgeon. Spinal fusion surgery ...Read more

A memory of Oswestry in 1954 by Sue Oliver

I recall happy memories of the Bathing Pool. It had two fountains spurting over fake rocks. We used to climb on these to cool off. In those days the Summers seemed to go on forever. The baths used to attract large attendances in those ...Read more

A memory of Hoylake in 1957 by Ron Mcshane

I've only been onboard the Victory once. It was enough to profoundly strike my imagination. I stood where Nelson fell ! It brings tears to my eyes to think of it now as I write. She is an incredible vessel. You can almost hear the ...Read more

A memory of Portsmouth in 1955 by Dylan Rivis