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Our family lived in the village of  West Horsley all of my life,  I was born in 51, my sister in 49 and my youngest sister 56. We used to bike down to Ripley and Ockham. I went to school at Sir Walter Raleigh, and Howard ...Read more

A memory of Ripley in 1960 by Loraine Roles

My family lived at 3 Downsway just off Southlands Avenue.  I had two older brothers when we arrived and by 1966 I had two more and a sister. My older brothers and I attended Warren Road Primary and I remember many of my ...Read more

A memory of Petts Wood in 1963 by Peter Browning

My family lived at 3 Downsway just off Southlands Avenue.  I had two older brothers when we arrived and by 1966 I had two more and a sister. My older brothers and I attended Warren Road Primary and I remember ...Read more

A memory of Orpington in 1965 by Peter Browning

I moved to Windsor Road in Ealing in 1962 when I was 11. I remember the Grove with fond memories. All the shops! The tailor's shop and the barbers. The sweet shop which always had a bowl of water for the dogs outside in the ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1962

My name is Robert Gwillim, I lived at 1A High Street with my parents Edward & Betty from when I was born in 1955 until April 1962. My sister, Carol, was born in December 1961. My parents had lived at 1A High ...Read more

A memory of Garndiffaith in 1960 by Robert Gwillim

I lived in 71 Hailsham Road off of Straight Road till we sadly moved in the April of 1971. I always remember; the Grammar School, at the back of Appleby Drive we used to have Saturday fetes with the small steam train ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1967 by Mark Tate

I knew Mike. I used to go round his house and he would give me health foods and tell me how to stay healthy. I think he lived in Greenstead Road. He was a very nice man, very quiet but friendly. When he told me he was a barber ...Read more

A memory of Loughton in 1963 by Alan Payne

Having returned from Australia, I got a job as controller 4 nights and Sundays, it was a great scene, what with the disco downstairs, the bar upstairs, a barber shop, restaurant, 24 lanes, and a juke box with great ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham in 1966 by Bob Bell

I remember the cafe in the market square, my mum use to work in the open top part in the summer and my brother and I used to go and help her clear the tables when we were on school holidays. I remember the shops that ran ...Read more

A memory of Harlow in 1960 by Pauline Wallis

My nanny and gampi lived on Banks Road in the 1960s. Nanny (Tilly Wilson) used to shell the shrimps in her kitchen. We would pay them a visit on our way down to Heswall shore and the shrimps would be piled high in the middle of the ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1967 by Debbie Ranson