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I lived and went to school in Shotton Colliery, and hated the place. Luckily I realised that living there was not for me, so at the age of 16 I joined the RAF and was posted to Wiltshire, clean air, beautiful rolling downs, ...Read more

A memory of Shotton Colliery in 1950 by Edward Falcus

My late father used to rent an apartment in a large house opposite the 'pullover' where we would stay for some 2-3 weeks each summer from about 1949-1955. I remember that the lady who owned the house had a large black ...Read more

A memory of Sandilands in 1950 by Elizabeth Hodgson

I can recall many happy times as a trolley bus driver in Doncaster , I started work with DCT as a conductor in the mid 1950s and passed a trolley bus driving test on the Wheatley Hills route by the late 1950s; in those days ...Read more

A memory of Doncaster in 1958 by John Watson

I do remember the Grand and the Memorial cinema's where we had so much fun growing up.Watching wonderful movies sitting in the back row of the Grand and dancing and jiving to Terry Allens full band on Saturday night at ...Read more

A memory of Newbridge on Usk in 1952 by Joy Leaman

I moved to no. 6 from Thornton Heath, aged 3, with my parents, Sylvia and George. My maiden name was Ruthven. My brother Keith was born in 1958. I initially went to Bandon Hill school, but my brother got pneumonia just after ...Read more

A memory of Wallington in 1957 by Teresa Brett

my mum an dad married here in 1954.my mum's name was irene whittaker,she married my dad a Scots man,John Wallace. they moved to Glasgow sometime in the 50's.mum has just passed away in july and we brought ...Read more

A memory of Walton in 1954 by Diane Ireland

I apparently spent my early years during WW1 in the Mumbles where my mother came from. She had moved to London before the war to find work and married a Londoner. Our holidays when I was a child (in the ...Read more

A memory of Caswell Bay in 1950 by Roger Newman

Reading all the memories of the above, brings back a lot of my own. I lived near Richards Corner on the 122 route, and roamed from the Pantiles to Bexleyheath High Street. Went to school at Bedonwell 1949 to 1954 and then ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1959 by Christopher Smith

One of three sons, Peter Came a local historian and former pupil of Danbury Infants and Juniors School who later became a teacher at Maldon School wrote extensively about the village in preparation for a book which ...Read more

A memory of Danbury in 1950

Any one remember the Central Youth Club in Waller Street oposite the indoor Baths??Had some great times there and met my husband there 55 years ago. The Freddie Arnold Seven band on Saturday night we would make the ...Read more

A memory of Luton in 1955 by Ann Walker