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I remember starting school at the 'old' school and then after 3 years moving to the new school - it seemed huge and daunting and many of us got lost in the first few weeks. Pyrford was great to grow up in then - we had fields to ...Read more

A memory of Pyrford in 1959 by Ron Hardie

I say 1950 for the year my memory relates to but in fact my memories cover from around 1946 to 196 I've only just found this web site for "Memories" although have looked at the site before and what nostalgia it has ...Read more

A memory of Llwyngwril in 1950 by Margaret Garrod

Reading the post about catching sticklebacks in the Bridgewater brought memories flooding back. I lived in Clifton Street, off Stretford Road. At the weekend we used to get some butties off our Mum, a bottle of pop (if she could ...Read more

A memory of Stretford in 1955 by David Timperley

The passageway led from Clayhill Road all the way through the village, and came out on the Reading Road, some 2 miles away, the passageway was used by us children daily as a short cut to school, and it went ...Read more

A memory of Burghfield Common in 1955 by Andrew Cooper

I was born on 'the Island' and lived there until I was 17 years old. Nell's Point used to be my play ground.I have many fond memories of counting the coaches that used to bring the visitors from far and wide, the ...Read more

A memory of Barry Island in 1959 by Chris Maidment

On reading the book 'PETERBOROUGH A Miscellany' a couple of items are incorrect by my own knowledge and experience. Page 4 : 'Dockey' was a word almost exclusive to fen farmworkers, it was the break taken ...Read more

A memory of Peterborough in 1952 by Colin Berrisford

As I have lived all my life in Childer Thornton I have so many memories. I would just like to record some from my childhood. The village was a wonderful place to grow up in. There was no traffic to disturb our street play ...Read more

A memory of Childer Thornton in 1950 by Irene Davies

Some months later, how long I cannot remember for the passing of time means little to a child, except that it always seemed so long for things to happen; but I found myself again seated in the back seat of another ...Read more

A memory of Shamley Green in 1954 by Patricia Clarke

I remember sneaking into the match by going past the lodging house on Warden Lane and going by the railwayside and through a hole in the fence that the railway men had made so that they could ...Read more

A memory of Newton in 1950 by Jack Rigby

I went to Fairfields Infants in the years 1951-53, and can remember hearing of the death of King George VI in February 1952. My sister (a year older) was there too. We each received the book "Elizabeth Our Queen" soon after ...Read more

A memory of Basingstoke in 1952 by Kenneth Smallbone