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...how prominent the church was in the 1965 landscape, before the trees grew. I was a choirboy at St Mildreds in 1965 and used to live in Kingscote Road throughout the 1960s and into the 1970s. 2s6d fee for weddings, I recall. 90 ...Read more

A memory of Addiscombe in 1965 by Keith Phair

I loved working at Woolies, I was on the sweet counter. Sometimes we would swap some choc for a few biscuits..naughty but nice. Mr Lee was the manager, bit of a tarter at times, but I liked him. I remember stock-taking as I almost missed my ...Read more

A memory of Redditch in 1964 by Vivien Prideaux

I moved to a small new house in Saxon Close in Clifton in 1962 - and have regretted moving away (for work) in 1974 ever since! To me, with Clifton set in the heart of some of the most beautiful countryside in Britain, it then, ...Read more

A memory of Clifton upon Teme in 1964 by Ted Parry

Hi, I would love to hear from anyone that may have memories of Yorkletts in the late 1960s. I used to spend a lot of time in the village, spending all my school hols with my gran who lived in a bungalow ...Read more

A memory of Yorkletts in 1968 by Sharon Searle

I read John Grehan's contribution with great interest. I too enjoyed the air raid shelters and LMS Station at Cold Meece, though four or five years later than his own expeditions. I too attended St Joseph's and the two boys in ...Read more

A memory of Swynnerton in 1967 by Jim Jamieson

"Hold his hand and, don't let him fall in", were my dear old mum's famous last words. As an 8 year old when this photo was taken, keeping an eye on an accident prone 6 year old brother was no easy task. Off we went on the old ...Read more

A memory of Gorleston-on-Sea in 1960 by John Woodward

I have been wondering who the two women are in the photo. I wonder if anybody has got any idea or knows who they are?

A memory of Aveley in 1960 by Chris Brown

This is a picture of the main entrance gates of Woking County School for Girls, known as the Girls' Grammar School, at the corner of East Hill and Old Woking Road. Girls were never permitted to use these gates: ...Read more

A memory of Woking in 1966

I remember being taken to Wiveliscombe as a young boy in my Uncle Jim's dark green Standard Vanguard, he ran the Rock Inn at Waterrow 1954- 1965. He would take me to the toy shop at Wiveliscombe Square called ...Read more

A memory of Wiveliscombe in 1960 by Julian Bishop

Me and my mates had so much freedom to "play out". We all lived around William Hopwood Street in them days. I'd just left Audley Secondary Modern School, to begin an apprenticeship at Foster Yates & Thom, (Dad & ...Read more

A memory of Blackburn in 1960 by Dennis Godfrey