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Before becoming the home of George Harrison of the Beatles, Friar Park was run as a school by sisters of the St. John Bosco order. This was my first school and I remember having to walk all the way to the main door along the ...Read more

A memory of Henley-on-Thames in 1960 by Mandy Lester

As children we were very priviliged to be part of the village community. We spent many carefree hours playing and making camps in the woods and fields, sometimes we would venture further but had to keep a watchful eye for the ...Read more

A memory of Turners Hill in 1965 by Tim Fieldwick

I went to Farnham art school in 1968-1971, and at that time, Moor Park was used as a conference centre, available for hire, and inclusive of staff and an elderly chaplain called Dr Bird.  As ...Read more

A memory of Waverley Abbey Ho in 1969 by sbushell

Runcorn Hill was a wild place when I knew it back in the early 1960s. I remember even now the smell of the trees and the shade they brought on hot summer days. Yes, we had them back then, when spring came after winter ...Read more

A memory of Runcorn in 1960 by Rosemary Probert

I was born in Foregate Street, the home of my grandparents, in 1951. I left Stafford in 1953 and returned in 1960 to live in the north end of the town. I well remember playing on the 'Witches hat' with my friends, paddling in the ...Read more

A memory of Stafford in 1960 by Elizabeth Harrison

How wonderful to have my memory jogged by the lovely pictures of Clapham Common. After school, most days we (my brother Lance) and my mother would have such fun. We would play spot the park keeper, (always nicely ...Read more

A memory of Clapham in 1962 by Margaret Beil

I was born in Gourock in 1960 and lived there until I married and moved to the States. I love living here but my heart belongs to Gourock and seeing these pictures brings me home again. My life growing up there is the ...Read more

A memory of Gourock in 1960 by First Name Last Name

I was but a lad of 8 when my folks bundled us all off to a wide land downunder. Since 1968, Australia has been my home. I often speak of my fading memories of Queensbury, my walks through the village, living on 'The ...Read more

A memory of Queensbury in 1968 by Stephen Mckinley

I went to Saint Saviours around approx 1967/1968. We used to live at Number 6, Webster Gardens. My grandparents used to own Youngs Bakers which was opposite Ealing Studios and my father and his brother used to do the ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1963 by Jayne Young

I was born in Lower Bedfords Road and as a young child I can remember cattle coming down the road to go in one of the fields in Bedfords Park. My mum used to shoo them out of the garden with a tea towel. I ...Read more

A memory of Havering-atte-Bower in 1960 by Sharon Middleton