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I remember living in one of the houses of Jellalabad in 1963, before my dad was posted out to Singapore and we joined him later. I would have been about three years old but can still remember riding my three wheeler bike ...Read more

A memory of South Tidworth in 1963 by Kathy Cox

I was born at Mayday Hospital 1953. I had an older brother, John Read, and sisters, Judith and Gillian. John went to the Catholic school St Peters and Gillian and me went to the convent in Lingfield until we all emigrated to ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1962 by Clare Read

There was a little pet shop in Chandos Street. I bought a kitten there for half a crown and took her home to our house in the Uxbridge Road. My parents were very annoyed and I had to return her. In this picture is Crown Corner, the ...Read more

A memory of Slough in 1960 by Antonia Cooke

Mr and Mrs George Cleave's house, on the left in white... used to give me sixpence when I collected clotted cream for my auntie May Alice and uncle, and Ernie Jeffery! Such a lovely man, high up in the military...related to Mr and Mrs Parker, North Close.... Susan Greenway (nee Barratt).

A memory of Kilkhampton in 1962

I was in the kindergarten at Carisbrooke Convent when we had a day trip to the zoo. I remember after visiting the animals and eating the peanuts we had bought for the monkeys, we went to a play ground and those of us with ...Read more

A memory of Sandown in 1960 by Jonathan Gale

I have many memories of Kingsbury. I was born in Kingsbury in 1955 and lived in Dorchester Way which backed onto the side of the then fire station. I attended St Bernadette's school off the Kenton ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury in 1960 by Andrew Avenell

Just turned eighteen I was to get employment at Woolley Colliery but had to do my training at Grimthorpe Colliery. We had to do underground training and were to spend many hours looking at safety films on what, and what not to ...Read more

A memory of Ecclesfield in 1969 by Roland Mitchell

I lived at 5 The Ride from 1959 till 1967, my name is Tony Scott. I went to Brentford Secondary Modern and remember other locals like John Pearce, Richard Pearce as well as Stacey and Woodley. We ran the youth club in the ...Read more

A memory of Brentford in 1960 by Tony Scott

Hello, my name is Mick Turnbull. I was born in 1957 and lived at 1, Cairns Avenue. My parents were Robert Davison Turnbull and Jean Turnbull. My mother's parents were Adam and Nellie Chirnside and had lived in the same ...Read more

A memory of Longhirst in 1965 by Mick Turnbull