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I remember Batley Carr and Hyrstlands well. I moved to Hyrstlands in 1958 into the new council houses alongside the park, we'd all been re-housed following demolition of houses in Batley, Taylor Street and the houses between Yellands ...Read more

A memory of Batley Carr in 1959 by Michael Kemp

This is George Street. My family moved into the street between 1957-1958. We lived in the fourth house up on the left hand side of this photogragh (No 33) This is how I remember the street as I grew up.

A memory of Innerleithen in 1957 by Rob Johnstone

As a family we used to vist Cefn most summers. We lived in Northamptonshire and used to go to Cefn to visit my mothers family. They lived in Bristol House, Crane St. They were a large family - 8 children plus 2 adults. ...Read more

A memory of Cefn Mawr in 1956 by David Kerswell

I used to be the assistant projectionist at the Regal and The Picture House at weekends. Also worked at Sir Joseph Causton and Sons as a clerk from 1953 to 1958, apart from 2 years National Service in the RAF.

A memory of Eastleigh in 1954 by Peter Salkeld

There seemed to be a lot of eccentric characters around in those days. Old blokes with strange shaped polished bald heads (these were the days when it was the older generation that were bald, just the opposite to ...Read more

A memory of Addiscombe in 1952 by Francis Beck

We first moved to Addlestone, (Derwent Close) in 1959, where I lived until joining the Army in 1973. Previously we had lived on Treetops caravan site on the Weybridge Road. I remember swimming and fishing in the mill pond ...Read more

A memory of Addlestone in 1959 by Micheal Snow

I lived at Doxford Farm from l948 to l954, my dad worked on the farm and we lived in one of the cottages that is still there today. The farmer's name was Archie Turnbull. My best friend was Kathleen who also lived in one of the ...Read more

A memory of Doxford Newhouses in 1951 by Lorraine Preston

We lived in Penton Road and my brother and I went to Hygeia House School, sadly gone now. We used to walk down the tow path to the Lock. Once my brother (4 years older than me) dared me to walk across the wall below the weir! I ...Read more

A memory of Staines in 1955 by Pam Davis

My great aunt, Evelyn Chapman, was a house mother at the Cottage Homes in Lanchester. We lived in Lanchester House, just opposite the homes, and I liked to go across and see the children.

A memory of Lanchester in 1953 by Marian Pallister

In October 1958 I was sent to Yarrow for two weeks to recover from a complicated operation. I have a sense of dread about my time there; my arrival into the panelled and imposing hall as my dad disappeared down the ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1958 by Jill Hooper