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I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when I saw this photo and the year it was taken. I was born in 1960 and my mam already had my two older brothers to look after, one was 3 and the other 1. She took us all to the shops one day, ...Read more

A memory of Widnes in 1960 by Susan Miney

I lived in Grange Villa until the pit closed at Craghead and we moved to Nottinghamshire. I was 10. I had a great childhood in Grange Villa, we lived in West Street facing Nobels Caravans. I loved to play down the hilly. My friends ...Read more

A memory of Grange Villa in 1969 by Jackie Horsley (Now Downes)

The impressive entrance on Lavender Hill actually led into the Council Offices, where I started work when I left school in 1966. At that time they had changed very little since their Victorian origins; there was a grand staircase ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1966

My grandfather George Rhodes opened the Krusty Loaf bakery in the High Street in 1969 and ran it to 2003. Market Drayton was a beautiful little town then, it's so sad to see it in the mess it is now!

A memory of Market Drayton in 1969 by Mark Mccarthy

I was born in Holbeach in 1958 and lived in the Talbot Hotel, High Street until 1967 when we moved to Moulton. My parents were Frank and Beryl Richmond. I have very fond memories of my childhood in Holbeach. We regularly went to the ...Read more

A memory of Holbeach in 1965 by Alison Richmond

I was 9 in 1959 when we moved to New Malden. Hence I spent almost my entire childhood and all my teenage years there and I know it well. My father was caretaker of the Methodist church on the corner of the High Street and Cambridge ...Read more

A memory of New Malden in 1961 by Ruth Guppy

I remember the old houses opposite our house being flattened to make way for the multi-storey car park. It was exciting watching the construction traffic. I was 4. Once the shell was built the workforce always finished at 7 in the evening and ...Read more

A memory of Grimsby in 1968 by Alan Offiler

Being born and brought up in Flowery Field, Hyde was the centre of the universe for us as children. After shopping on Hyde market we would turn the corner and enter into the world of this picture. On the right of the picture, in ...Read more

A memory of Hyde in 1960 by Dave Davies

I moved to Swinton with my parents and sister from nearby Rawmarsh in 1961 when I was 9, to a house on Piccadilly Road, and in 1963 I attended Mexborough Grammar School, spending the first year at the old school before moving to the ...Read more

A memory of Swinton in 1961 by Richard Roper

Does anybody remember a Jack Bailey, turf accountant? I am trying to trace Jack or John Bailey and his son Clifford. The address was 141 Creamer House, St Mary's Road or Street, any info would be appreciated. The shop was there in the 1960s but from when I don't know.

A memory of Eccles in 1967 by Neil Bradford