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My first main job on leaving school (Shaw House) was as a tea boy-dogsbody at H C James timber and builders merchants in Pound Street. For quite a while I cycled daily from Highclere Castle, approx 4 miles, it took me just over half an ...Read more

A memory of Newbury in 1956 by Percival Mills

1950s generally. My aunt Nora Brown was in charge of the sweet shop at Brown's. My uncle worked with his sisters Sis and Vi in the grocery store. Happy memories of free samples when I went to see my aunt. Happy memories of ...Read more

A memory of Oxshott in 1951 by John Lowe

I was six years old (cannot remember much before) but later bonfire night squabbles with new villagers, swinging over blackies on ropes, riding carriages on railways was all fun. Spike itself was a fantastic village to live in. ...Read more

A memory of Poolsbrook in 1957 by Dennis Wilson

I was born in 1952 and lived in Gildersome until I was 19 years old. My name until then was Lorraine Thompson. I have many happy memories of living in the village. Until I was 4 years old I lived in a terrace called Green ...Read more

A memory of Gildersome in 1952 by Lorraine Smith

Living in Watford from the early 1950's, I well remember the Town Hall roundabout before they moved it. Can't recollect whether it was nearer or further away. I can recollect, not far from a pub called the OBH, or almost opposite ...Read more

A memory of Watford in 1952 by Jacqueline Hathaway

Hi my name is Doug, when I left school at the age of 15 in 1955 I worked at the Hawkes sweet factory as a sugar boiler, amongst other things, and it was there that I met my first girl friend. ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsford in 1955 by Doug Watts

We moved to Nanpantan from Birmingham in 1949, I was almost 6 years old. We lived there down Snells Nook Lane until 1954 when we moved to Kent. I loved Nanpantan and its area and have always considered it home. My best ...Read more

A memory of Woodhouse Eaves in 1950 by Norma Hauser

My memory of the Baths was getting up at 6.30am to get there for the First Session at 7am. I would swim until 8am then either ride on my bike or walk along the Seafront and Mainsforth Terrace, past the Coal Staithes to ...Read more

A memory of Seaton Carew in 1951 by Dennis Robinson

I remember going to Leesons (Private School). It was run by Mr and Mrs Leeson with the assistance of their daughter Joy - sadly it was closed many years ago and there is a developement of several houses built on the site now. ...Read more

A memory of Hythe in 1955 by Maureen Young

My sister Roberta and I used to walk from Ellington Colliery to the school at Ellington Village. My Nanna would wrap our dinner money and savings money in a handkerchief and see us off from the top of the first row. In autumn ...Read more

A memory of Ellington in 1958 by Gerald Lamb