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I grew up at 23 Alford, and just at the bottom of the street were "the woods". Our gang used to virtually live down the woods, climbing trees, lighting fires, making swings, bird nesting, damning the stream so we could swim ...Read more

A memory of Ouston in 1967 by John Downie

My name was Mandy Donaldson and I'm the daughter of Joan Ellis. My grandparents names were Kath and Ernest Ellis. Aunts and Uncles were/are John and Joyce Ellis (they ran the local taxi), Roger Ellis, Bob and Wendy Ellis and Jennifer ...Read more

A memory of Binbrook in 1965 by Mandy Brew

I was stationed at this camp in 1968 for a few weeks of Army exercises. Looked a lot different then! Very nice country, but very cold out on the moors at night!

A memory of Okehampton in 1968 by David Knapton

These memories actually date back to the summer of 1967 as well as that of 1968. Sometimes, there was no work in the fields, or I needed money because I was such a lazy fruit picker. So I left Leverington and applied to be hired at ...Read more

A memory of Wisbech in 1968

I was at Park Hall Camp from March until May 1962 with 17 Training Reg R.A. I remember standing to attention on the drill square as a seventeen and a half year old boy wondering what had hit me, and the Crewe-bound train passing and the ...Read more

A memory of Oswestry in 1962 by Malcolm Bowen

My first week away from home was in August 1964, when I was 9 years old. It was at Buckmore Park Scouts camp, Chatham. I belonged to the 22nd Sea Scout group, Wathamstow, east London. I think from memory, I had ...Read more

A memory of Chatham in 1964 by Cliff Harris

I first came to Torquay in 1966 at the age of 16 with my mate noddy. We traveled on Yellow ways from Oldham Lancs which cost £4-£5 return and took around 10-12 hours. We came down to camp at the waterside caravan park and I had my ...Read more

A memory of Cockington in 1966 by Robert Stepien