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My mum still has a caravan on this site and must be the longest tenant/owner as I am now 60 and she first bought a van on that site 50+ years ago. I remember the gas lights, walking the overnight pee bucket to ...Read more

A memory of Swalecliffe in 1960 by Martin Hayward

I was born in Scotland and came to Old Thornaby in the mid 60s. I lived in Cobden St, 2 up 2 down. We had absolutley nothing, but neither did anybody else, no hot water or heating but we all managed. I had lots of friends and ...Read more

A memory of Thornaby-on-Tees in 1966 by Sandra Craig

I lived at 24 letterstone st from 1957 -68 it was pulled down under CPO my mum and were Bill and Elsie Kennedy I went to Heyworth st school 57 to 63 ~secondary school was Toxteth Tech god knows why me folks sent ...Read more

A memory of Everton in 1966 by David Kennedy

My parents, Bill and Jill Oliver met at Mountview theatre club in the 1950s and married in 1955. Their first home was a rented flat at 45 Ridge Road in Hornsey and both I and my sister Judy were born ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey in 1967 by Susan Sjuve

I was born Marilynne Thompson at 17, The Lynch, Polesworth in January 1952. My mam and dad, Peg and Geoff Thompson both worked at Ensor's brickyard. When I was about two or three years old we moved to a cottage belonging ...Read more

A memory of Polesworth in 1961 by Marilynne Connolly

Hello Patrick, I came across your reminiscences while looking for something else - as you do! I remember Tom Chesson and his coaches, was at school with Veronica Chesson, his grand daughter and also my best friend Jill Burgess. ...Read more

A memory of Withyham in 1961 by Chris Boxall

my parents owned the piost office from about 1958-1965 - their names were albert (bill) edward wild and dorothy emma wild and the inscription on the board read "AE and DE Wild" before they owned it , it belonged to Vera and ...Read more

A memory of Prestbury in 1960 by Vivien Hyde

At the far end of this parade of shops stood Ledgers the greengrocers, which was owned and run by the Ledger family for many years. I worked there on Saturdays and holidays with their eldest son Jamie; he and I did a lot ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1966 by Alan Bywaters

I started working for the ministry (ancient monuments) in 1969 at South Wingfield Manor. At the time it was owned by two brothers, Sam and Bill Critchlow, who ran a dairy farm situated at the side of the manor, in ...Read more

A memory of South Wingfield in 1969 by Stuart Chambers

I have so many wonderful memories of growing up in Quarry Bank - from moving into the brand new 'fashion houses' when I was 3; four of us on a motorbike, with me wedged between mum and dad (Wes ...Read more

A memory of Quarry Bank in 1966 by Clive Archer