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My grandparents, Harold and Phyllis Fenton, ran the village post office in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s from their home in the stone house opposite the Horse and Jockey Inn. My three sisters and I, daughters ...Read more

A memory of Waddington in 1960

My memory relates to the cobblers shop on Rockingham Road, Swinton as this was my grandad's shop, I used to walk down the back way, behind the houses to get to it, it is still a shoe repairers shop. At ...Read more

A memory of Swinton in 1967

I will never know why, but we used to take the train to Lundin Links, and then taxi to Lower Largo. I don't know when these holidays started (I was born in 1957 and there are certainly photos of me around 3 years old). ...Read more

A memory of Lower Largo in 1965 by Keith Palmer

I was brought up in Blaenau Ffestiniog and lived there until 1971. The High Street photograph brings it all back. The shop on the extreme left of the photo was my mum's hairdressing shop and we lived ...Read more

A memory of Blaenau Ffestiniog in 1961 by Eurwyn Jones

I have loads of memories of village life as a kid. I was born in 1961 and still live on the Bonk. I will probably die here as well. There were many old characters back then. Iron Bates the vegetable cart man (did some boxing ...Read more

A memory of Cheslyn Hay in 1969 by Philip Burgess

Does anyone remember the little sweet shop on the Tilt.  I do, and remember walking home from St Andrew's School in Cedar Road, along the little alley onto Stoke Road, across to the Fire Station and up towards the Running Mare.  The  little ...Read more

A memory of Cobham in 1960 by Christine Elmer

The photograph on Barking Road c1965 brought back some childhood memories. I was born in Dukes Court in 1955. I can remember the shops in the photo, the Fish & Chip shop, Johns the Greengrocer's, Walkers, Aflecks, the Dry ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1965 by Valerie Bethell

I was born in 1956, in Wiltshire, but my first memories are of Pawlett, where we moved, when I was very small. It was a smaller, quiter village than it is even now. I went to the village school, on the village green, next to ...Read more

A memory of Pawlett in 1961 by Rene Rees

Walked along the paths many times, rode on the bus to school which was at Ingoldisthorpe a very good photo. roy orbison sung,walk on

A memory of Snettisham in 1960 by Gerald Wase

My family lived in Hillcrest Road, South Woodford from 1960 to 1973. I had a very very happy childhood there (am still happy though) but had to move to Brighton to attend a deaf school and to avoid the need to ...Read more

A memory of South Woodford in 1965 by Christopher Wyer