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94 memories found. Showing results 71 to 80.

Childhood Days

I was born in Glover Street at Tamar Lane ends. I went to Newton West Park junior school. We used to play at a local pond called the Delph. There was a man called Jimmy Atherton who came round with a horse and cart ...Read more

A memory of Leigh in 1952 by Jeff Jackson.

Days At Southend

I remember travelling to Southend with my family on a steam train from London.  My sister and I use to put our heads out of the windows.  More often than not when we sat down our faces would be black with soot from the smoke ...Read more

A memory of Southend-on-Sea in 1958 by Jan Rennie

Born At Home In School Road Yardley Wood 1954

Born into a large family one of eventually, 8 children, I can remember helping to pick and shell peas in our very large rear garden, we grew a lot of vegetables then and I enjoyed swinging and ...Read more

A memory of Yardley Wood in 1954 by Pauline Knight

Holy Cross Open Air School Port Regis

I was at Port Regis for approximately 2 years during 1950-1952 from age 9-11. My memories are snapshots only as these memories have been blanked out and have only resurfaced after seeing the comments on this ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1950 by Maureen Kenny

Memory Of When I Was About 5 Years Old

My parents -- Glyndwr and Georgina Jones -- both grew up in South Wales. After marrying they moved to Manchester and I was born soon after in 1950. In 1955 my mother became pregnant with my brother Glynne, ...Read more

A memory of Llansamlet in 1956 by csuschnigg

Watford Market

I can remember my mum taking us to Watford market, I just loved it, I was about 8 or 9, and loved looking at all the cheap jewellery, and coloured rubber balls, and toys, it had such a magical feel about it to me. Mum always had to have ...Read more

A memory of Watford in 1955

Nostalgic Memories

My family the Williamses lived at 57 Strawberry Road, Newtown, Retford from 1942 until we moved to Birmingham in 1956. Naturally I have great memories of the games we young children played in the street together, like marbles in ...Read more

A memory of Retford in 1955 by Terry Williams

Bottom Of Our Street

This is looking down the street towards St. Margaret's church at the bottom on the right. The opening on the left leads to some bungalows on the left and further leads to the playing fields with swings, slides, sea-saws and ...Read more

A memory of Brotton in 1959 by Kay Grainger

The Coward Bowls

I was caned regularly by Mr Bowls. My mother came to see once and saw the welt marks on the back of my legs and another lad called David Hyde, she went down to his house and tried dragging the matron out, the matron was screaming ...Read more

A memory of Stanhope in 1959 by Tom Winstanley

My Younger Days

I was born in Union Street in 1948. I had an older sister called Barbara. I lived next to the ex-servicemens club and there used to be such loud music played there in the evenings. I remember the paper shop on the corner, Sheldons and ...Read more

A memory of Tipton in 1952 by Brenda Mansell

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