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Each week, as a 15 - 16 year-old, I used to cycle from Morecambe on a Sunday morning for an organ lesson at the chapel of the Moor Hospital. It was uphill there and downhill home. My teacher was the organist there, also Director of Music at ...Read more

A memory of Lancaster in 1958 by Ian Gerrard

at the age of 4 I moved to the cottage by the ford in the October,. there hadn't been anybody living there for quite q while so there were a lot of weeds and long grass and stinging nettles to get through ...Read more

A memory of North Warnborough in 1950 by Barbara Vickery

I have very fond memories of Caerau. I was born 1946 and I loved Caerau. We had real fun times in the summer picking whimberries and your mam making delicious tarts, families gathering on the mountain for picnics, spending hours on end ...Read more

A memory of Caerau in 1951 by Diane Vincent

I was a cadet from 55 to 59 in Main Division. Went back recently, not a ship on the river and a huge bridge upstream

A memory of Greenhithe in 1955 by Peter Harris

l remember when at the school l was not well, so was taken to Miss Marshall's house and was looked after by her elderly mother (I thought she was so old but probably wasn't). She told me about when they had the tea rooms and there ...Read more

A memory of Burgh Heath in 1958

I have strong memories of the church as every day at 10 we had to walk down the church path to pick up the milk also.our playground backed onto the graveyard so when there was a funeral we had to come inside which we ...Read more

A memory of Bramley in 1955 by Andrew Locke

I was born at number 10 5th Street, July 11th 1955 at my Nanna and Grandads house, Alice and George Foggin, they were the best Grandparents anyone could wish to have. My mum and dad were Jean and Denis Ryder and just like my ...Read more

A memory of Blackhall Colliery in 1955 by Heather Lambe

I lived in Bonawe from 1947-1956. My dad worked in Bonawe Quarries. We left in 1956 to live in Glasgow. I have lived in Yorkshire for over 30 years now but I love to go back to Bonawe. My last visit was 2007, it has changed but ...Read more

A memory of Taynuilt in 1950 by Christine Mcphie

i can remember the lathoms arthur and martha jean john tony ,they used to play with me and dennis and frank woodall. my gran walker used to work at hornbys chippy. i also remember ailsa payne,she used to have guineapigs in the back ...Read more

A memory of Gorton in 1953 by Anita Walker

I remember my mother buying a hot black pudding in Bury Market and giving half to me and the other half to my sister. It was absolutely freezing weather and it was used as much to keep our hands warm as for food. I can't even bear the ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1952