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1965. During my time working here I carried out a number of different jobs, one was to make Zinc ingots, my shift would start with my furnace fired up and there next to it would be my "charge" this would be a pile of old ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1965 by Jimmy Burrows

My name was Lynette Evans I’d just like to say hi to everyone that has shared memories of Splott. I remember so much, so clearly, I was barely 3 years old when I moved from Llanharran to Portmanmore Road. It was a supermarket ...Read more

A memory of Splott in 1964 by Lynette Carter

I was born in a small maisonette off Alandale Drive and my mum still lived there until she passed away aged 95 in 2014. The border between Hillingdon/Harrow runs across the back garden. I attended Pinner Wood ...Read more

A memory of Northwood Hills in 1960 by John Jossevel

I have fond memories of Freefolk. I stayed at Freefolk Priors with my Aunt Babs and her three boys around about 1963. We would go down there for the duration of the school holidays and stay in her little house which overlooked the ...Read more

A memory of Freefolk in 1963 by Kathy Jones

I lived in Huntington for four years on the oxmoor estate met lots of friends I lived at 61Thongsley if any one remembers me I would love to hear from you I,m know as Babs

A memory of Godmanchester in 1963 by Beryl Clark

Monday market, being taken there by my Mum to do the shopping and then being indulged by the generous salesmen from Standens agricultural engineers and allowed to sit up in the (then) enormous cab and glory in watching our ...Read more

A memory of St Ives in 1963 by Geoff Hartley

For a young bus enthusiast in the 1960s, the bus station on Garth Road was the gateway to Anglesey and many of the country routes behind Bangor. Such exciting places as Gerlan, Bethesda, Tregarth and Rhiwlas could be ...Read more

A memory of Bangor in 1965 by John Owen

Hi, I was born in 1960 next to Little Wakering church, my dad Dennis, mum Babs and big sis Sue. The Yogi Bear test refers to a large square of trees at the end of the Parry that you had to climb round without touching the ...Read more

A memory of Little Wakering in 1966 by Mark Deeks