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Does anyone remember mickey price's barbers. It was on the corner of the main road through the heights and claremont ave. theres a garage there now. Short back and sides was the order of the day and just ...Read more

A memory of Pendlebury in 1959 by Gordon Williams

I remember this scene well, the pub in the picture is The Hope Inn. At the time my mother and father kept a pub further up the canal towards the River Nene, this pub was called The Castle Inn. At the time this photograph was ...Read more

A memory of Wisbech in 1955 by Dave Garford

Seeing the pic of the font in St Marys brought back memories of my time as a choir boy there, part of a tradition in our family.  Our choir master was Mr Sellers a teacher at Geneva School also known as 'Jumbo' because of his ...Read more

A memory of Bideford in 1952 by Michael Sheppard

This isn't exactly a memory,I am hoping to find people who knew my father, DAVID MCCONNELL. He grew up on The Warren and went to school in Gronant around the 1950s. He had two sisters, Edith & ...Read more

A memory of Gronant in 1957 by Laura Mcconnell

I was born in 1949 in a prefab in St Malo Ave just off Town Rd. Things were tough for Mum and Dad as he was invalid and unable to work. I really never noticed for a few years and just tried to explore and enjoy the world ...Read more

A memory of Edmonton in 1951 by John Canham

I moved to Hooley in March 1950 at the age of one month. (6 years before my sister Cheryl, (see other memory comments) was born. in addition to her comments, we had the full range of shops: from the garage (left) Peat and Townsends: ...Read more

A memory of Hooley in 1958 by Roger Wakeling

i was brought up on big Cullamores Farm in the 50>s and 60<s , which borders the downs banks. I have many happy memories of roaming the Downs with school friends, it was our play ground. I am at the moment researching the farm and am ...Read more

A memory of Oulton Heath in 1959 by Pat Mason

I can remember going in J E Cooke shop for chocolate and papers, and just past this shop on the left was Amblers fish shop where we went for our fish and chips. On the other side of the road I went into the butchers for meat ...Read more

A memory of Mansfield Woodhouse in 1955 by Maureen Hawkins

I was 16 yrs old when I moved to Deal with my parents; we moved into a lovely old house in Cowper Road. I soon made friends. I used to go into a coffee bar called The Good Intent, it was always busy, the duke box was always playing Buddy ...Read more

A memory of Deal in 1958

We lived in Chalfont until 1961 when we moved to Leigh-on-sea. I lived up the footpath in a bungalow at the side of the garage, opposite The Pheasant pub. I remember putting pennies around the green, and shopping in ...Read more

A memory of Chalfont St Giles in 1956 by Susan Dalton