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Born in Ryan Street. I remember walking all the way down Manchester Road to St Joseph's Infant School, which at that time was on Grafton Street and part of the Girls School, it seemed to take ages, we walked past all the pubs and ...Read more

A memory of Bradford in 1955

As a child in the early 1950's I can remember that the best part of our day out was the boat rides on this lake. I can still remember the smell from the engines. I grew up in Hornchurch and if I ...Read more

A memory of Southend-on-Sea in 1952 by Robert Graham

I have many memories about the old St Mary's Church. Until I started thinking of them I realised that I have not got one involving a rainy day apart from when my Grandad was buried in the churchyard. He was laid ...Read more

A memory of Clayton-Le-Moors in 1954 by Ann Arthur

My father was headmaster, I think at St Cuthberts or St Patricks secondary school and we lived at" Mainscroft" in Cleator Moor. I remember going to school at St Mary's infants and have memories of fr Clayton and the grotto at the ...Read more

A memory of Cleator Moor in 1950 by Peter Rudden

My grandmother lived in Clayton West and my four cousins and I often slept over. Her surname was Sleaford but I have no memory of the actual address. I have just very clear memories of the worn stone steps into the cellar and the bedroom ...Read more

A memory of Clayton West in 1950 by Jean Martens

I first discovered Jaywick when I was just ten years old in 1954. I was taken there by my parents in a 1936 Bedford Van to stay with my uncle Bill, aunt Flo and cousin Bill who was 6 months younger than me. This would be ...Read more

A memory of Jaywick in 1954 by James Tyler

Mr Garlick got me through the 11 plus. Born 1950, moved to Barker Road, Bredbury in 1954. Apparently we were one of the first families to inhabit the estate. Attended Barrack Hill. I remember Browns, the two old ladies in the ...Read more

A memory of Woodley in 1955 by Peter Francis

My family and I used to spend our holidays at Point Clear almost every year during the late 1940s, 50s and 60s, and often met the same families each time we went down there. I remember ...Read more

A memory of St Osyth in 1956 by Robert Munn

Throughout the first half of the 1950's I would spend every school holiday at Linton, with my maternal grandparents. Initially my mum would accompany me from our home in Trumpington to Drummer Street bus station, where ...Read more

A memory of Linton in 1952 by Brian Goodliffe

My family had a holiday in Jaywick every summer, from when I was 5 up until I was about 15 years old. We would stay in bungalows on stilts!! My brothers and me thought this was wonderful,and would run and play under these ...Read more

A memory of Jaywick in 1957 by Jean Soward