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My sister Carole and I both attended Axminster County secondary school, we left for Australia in July 1964. Carole and I will be remembered for the different skin we had. It has been diagnosed by specialists in ...Read more

A memory of Axminster in 1963 by Margaret Walker

My grandma & granddad (Ted & Janet Lambert) used to run a confectioners in the corner building at the top of Bond Street, a steep cobbled road then. They used to bake bread and cakes at their main shop ...Read more

A memory of Birstall in 1967 by Paul Robinson

Hi, I was in Hopedene in January 1968 till May of that year, my mum changed her mind and let me take my baby home which I was elated about. Two years ago I saw a name of one of the girls in there who also lived in my area; her ...Read more

A memory of Elswick in 1968 by Lynn Taylor

Loved your reminiscences Patricia. I came to Welshpool in 1965 or thereabouts after ten years in the Merchant Navy, and have loved the area and the folk since then. I worked in the post office at Welshpool, times ...Read more

A memory of Welshpool in 1965 by Donald Williamson

I lived in Great Wakering (Twyford Avenue) from 1960-65 although my mother had been born and raised there as had her mother and grandparents. I attended the junior school and then the secondary school. The ...Read more

A memory of Great Wakering in 1960 by Judi Upson (Nee Stamp)

I remember well 'messing around' in these boats, stocking them up for the holiday makers, before leaving for Australia in 1966

A memory of Tewkesbury in 1964 by Steve Chamberlain

My grandparents lived in Church Cottages, a stone's throw from the church. As a child I remember staying with my grandparents, the toilet in the garden, and having a bath, Nan used to pull down the tin tub, cleanest in first, the ...Read more

A memory of Lyminge in 1965

I was brought up in the village from the age of two years until I left at the age of 16 years, we lived at 16 Quarry Close. I went to school at Woodville. I came from a large family we was poor, didn't have much and lived in a ...Read more

A memory of Stour Provost in 1969 by Mary Misselbrook

Did any one go stock car raceing at Nelson in the sixties and seventys.

A memory of Colne in 1968 by Edward Holmes

There was a high class stationers which opened around the late 1960s on the site currently occupied by by Mad Lilies florist. They used to stock artist materials and Rowney pencils which as a growing child I used to admire ...Read more

A memory of Banstead in 1968