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I remember sliding down the slag bing on breadboards we stole from behind the Co -op on Westwood Road. My granny lived on Westwood Road near the sweetie shop which was later bought by Dan McArdle. My granny's house had an outside ...Read more

A memory of Newmains in 1962 by James Campbell

I remember the years that the pond used to freeze over in the winter, must have been the early 1960s, or maybe that winter of 1962-63 when we built igloos on the green opposite the cricket pitch, my, that was cold! Also my dad's ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham in 1960 by Annie Harvey

I was also in Denham Court for about a year in 1960. I remember Mr Hill. I actually enjoyed my time there. My dad had died and my Mum was in hospital for a long time. Coming from South London, I found the freedom and grounds of the ...Read more

A memory of Denham in 1960 by Brian Keating

I grew up in Splott, went to St Albans then Splott Road High. My dad had a hardware shop in Carlile Stret opposite Orsolinis the grocers. In 1970 we moved to Llanishen. In 1974 I moved back to Splott but boy how it had changed, the ...Read more

A memory of Splott in 1961 by Rocco Federico

My memories were of the club trips, they would have been a lot of people's holidays. Our dad would have been a member of at least four clubs so that meant we got a trip to the seaside, a bottle of pop and a packet of crisps, and ...Read more

A memory of Goldthorpe in 1960 by Lily Dorritt( Wassell)

I remember seeing this tree in St. Mary's churchyard.  It was growing out of a grave, and the story was that the tree was growing out of the buried person's body.

A memory of Watford in 1960 by Jane Santler

The picture reminds of the year that my wife and I moved from Birmingham to Richmond and bought a house on what was then the new Shepherds Estate on the Darlington Road.  We soon came to love Richmond, N Yorkshire and that area for ...Read more

A memory of Richmond in 1965 by Terry King

I lived next door to the Church for 17 years and during that time, I climbed to the top of the spire just once. In 1962 when I was 10, some neighbours were having their house decorated. Being an outgoing (some would say nosey) ...Read more

A memory of Davenham in 1962 by Lynn Quigley

I remember Wallasey Village before the arrival of St Mary's College. Strong's Dairy, where my mother used to buy me a carton of fresh cream. Hoylands Butchers. Peggy Rogers and all her chickens. My grandads grocers shop - YORKS ...Read more

A memory of Wallasey in 1960 by George York

I grew up in Dundee Street in Darlington. I remember the shops on each end of Dundee Street and Montrose Street, and the alleys between, the alleys were made of blue tiles that always sparkled in rain and frost. I remember the rag and ...Read more

A memory of Darlington in 1967 by Donna Harland