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I was largely brought up in Mariner's Square. Directly opposite the Mariner's Hotel (the building with the portico) was a pub called the Gloster Arms. At the time this picture was taken it was run by my great grandmother and ...Read more

A memory of Haverfordwest in 1965

This photo has the 3 places that were a big part of my early working life. I worked in the garage from 63 through 69, the owner was Charles Holland who lived next door, we used the fox pub most evenings & weekends and ...Read more

A memory of Keston in 1963 by Dave Harding

Stuck in the middle of this parade of shops is the cream coloured frontage Irish Bacon Shop & my mother worked there.We lived at 41a Willesden High Road, just a short hop to the shop, and I have found memories of the ...Read more

A memory of Willesden in 1966 by Gerald Short

We lived in a 400 year old cottage at the back of The Old Forge, later Charlwood Garage. My brother was born in the cottage in October 1965. I am trying to locate any photographs of the old house behind the forge or ...Read more

A memory of Charlwood in 1965

I lived in Old Cleeve for 19 years at no. 17. Our surname was Ryan. We continued to live there after our mother's death in 1983 and our father died in 1986, we then moved up to Scotland, even though I have some fond memories of my life in Somerset.

A memory of Old Cleeve in 1967 by Andrew Ryan

The following information relates to the opening of the Blake school in Hednesford. The Blake school was built to replace the Central Secondary school for boys which was in Burns Street Chadsmoor (where Chadsmoor junior school is now ...Read more

A memory of Chadsmoor in 1961 by Wendy Barr

If I remember correctly, the buildings on the right hand of this photo was the Co-op, somewhere there was a butcher, there was always sawdust on the floor, they had the tubes that used to take the money away shooting around the shop it made a ...Read more

A memory of Redhill in 1960 by Maggie Port

We enjoyed a wonderful family holiday in the sixties, staying with Mrs Honeygold in a lovely house near Horseshoe Common. We still have a few photos of our visit to Compton Acres, a beautiful garden just outside town. Although it is ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth in 1964 by Jennifer Read

This is the year I started on the building sites in 1963, I got a job on J. T. Bell's site in Whickam, the site hadn't been running long then as it was in the first stage. All the lads were mainly from Newburn, Lemington, and Throckley. If ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1963 by Jimmy Burrows

My family moved from Bermondsey, where we shared my grandad's house, to Enfield, where Mum and Dad had managed to buy their own house (for £2,000) in 1960. It was some years before Dad could afford driving lessons and then a car. We ...Read more

A memory of London in 1966 by Carol Fisher