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As you proceed north along the A34 towards the Cheshire border you will approach Talke traffic lights and on the left and right side of the road there are two areas of grassed land. This grassed area was once the village of ...Read more

A memory of Talke in 1959

As a boy growing up in Burnt Oak I remember the barrow boys in Watling Avenue, the hustle and bussle of everyday trading, the people gathering round the stalls, the banter, the laughter, the friendliness.  Like one family everyone pulled ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1954 by Clive Sambrook

To anyone local to Dorchester this was a familiar scene day in and day out for almost 50 years. My grandfather Ben Courtney started selling 'fruit and veg' in 1947 from hand-carts on the roadside. His son Doug started in 1950 and ...Read more

A memory of Dorchester in 1955 by Trevor Courtney

I went to Barrow Hill School in the early fifties, Mr. Rees was the Headmaster. On a Friday evening we would go into his home and watch the Cisco Kid on television, the first television I ever watched. I also remember one ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green in 1951 by Daniel Wright

can anyone remember the railings around the school had spikes on the top, that was until whilst retrieving a ball i accidently slipped on to them gashing my waist. soon after the head mistress mrs barlow had them removed. that is my ...Read more

A memory of Fleckney in 1950 by Geoff Bosworth

I was born on the sofa in the parlour at my Mothers home at 13 Lower Granby Street ,,,,Orchard Kitchens stands in that same spot today ,,I was born in 1951 and even now 63 years later I still remember some of ...Read more

A memory of Long Eaton in 1951 by Gillian Chapman

I remember fondly working during school holidays selling ice creams on Bournemouth beach. I worked for the Corporation and had to wear full length white overalls and push a large yellow barrow filled with ice creams. ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth in 1959 by Richard Faure Field

I remember George's second hand shop in the village, my nan would take me and my brother there for a treat that was the highlight of the week for us. Also the pie and eel shop, with the brightly coloured tiles outside on the wall. ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1951 by Norma Dignum

I came across this website by accident, what a treat. I was raised in Croydon, actually Addington. My nana and granddad lived at 195 Purley Way in Wadden. I spent many happy hours there as a child. I would spend several weeks with ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1955 by Christina Jackson

My grandparents, Albert and Marjorie Walker, moved into the Red Lion in 1954. Following my grandfather's death in 1967 my grandmother continued as landlady until her retirement in ...Read more

A memory of Lowick Bridge in 1954 by Angela Athersmith