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Knutsford holds a special place in my heart as I was born there in 1956 and spent nearly eight years of my childhood growing up in this then safe and close community. I have very strong memories of family, home, school and friends ...Read more

A memory of Knutsford in 1962 by Julie Nunn

I was a lighthouse keeper at the Cloch lighthouse from 1967 until 1972. I lived there with my wife Edna and our two children Andrew and Karen who should have been born there but she was overdue and so had to be born at the ...Read more

A memory of River Clyde in 1967 by jemargyll

This is a photo of the Derringham Branch of the Hull Savings Bank where I started as a junior bank clerk at the age of 16 on 31st August 1965, probably around the time when this photo was taken. It certainly ...Read more

A memory of Kingston upon Hull in 1965 by David Farrow

I was born at 23 Howard Close in October 1963. It was a lovely place for children to grow up. A large green and a playground, little traffic, dogs and other residents. Everyone looked out for one another. I attended the infant ...Read more

A memory of Walton on the Hill in 1963 by Theresa Mitchell

My Dad, Eric Smith, opened a Greengrocer's shop at number 21 Lordship Lane in 1962. At that time there was a traditional butchers shop one side and a grocery shop the other side. Opposite was a piano ...Read more

A memory of Dulwich in 1962 by Debbie Williams, Nee Smith

Since 1962 I have always been to Abersoch at least once a year if not two three or four times!! In the early years we always stopped in a flat over the cowsheds at Tyn y Mur farm. ( These have now been beautifully converted ...Read more

A memory of Abersoch in 1965 by Shan Moule

Old Redding is a hilly rural lane connecting Hatch End with Harrow Weald. It is notorious for its connection with The Grimsdyke Hotel where Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan fame met his death in a drowning ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End in 1963 by John Howard Norfolk

Happy days in the paddling pool and on the swings, the old parkie taking your name for riding your bike in the park, what did he do with all the names? Remembrance Day in the park in 1963 as a cub, Mr Metcalf leading us. Church ...Read more

A memory of Thorne in 1962 by Nigel Shearman

The Youth Hostel in Cynwyd was a converted watermill. It was very old and very damp and I stayed there one wet weekend in April 1967 with my girlfriend Angela Chapuis as we were heading towards Snowdon. I had a top bunk and banged my ...Read more

A memory of Cynwyd in 1967 by John Howard Norfolk

THis was the village newsagent. We lived to the right as you look at the photo, and traded as Premier Garage.

A memory of Eastry in 1960 by Philip Worman