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My late parents were the landlord and landlady of the Vine public house. I was just coming into teenage years. Friends came from the base who lived in the village. The pub itself was refurbished in that ...Read more

A memory of Great Bardfield in 1969 by Dawn Willshere

My mum, dad, 2 brothers and 2 sisters lived at the bottom of Vauxhall Avenue - it was about 1963/64. It was a great place to live as kids, not so easy for my parents. We kids would collect water from the standpipe at the alleyway a ...Read more

A memory of Jaywick in 1963 by Hazel Methven Nee Sullivan

We moved to the old Fox and Goose (next to the tiny shop and just up the road from the Blue Bell pub) in 1962. I was 8 and my brother 3. We stayed for around 2 years. My Dad worked for Alne Brick Co. My Mum cleaned houses. Our ...Read more

A memory of Alne in 1962 by Sharon High

Although I have lived most of my adult life in Australia, I still have happy memories of life as a kid in my home town of Hucknall during the 50's and 60's, even though times weren't easy. I covered many miles on my trusty ...Read more

A memory of Hucknall in 1964 by Tony Houlston

Good to see the photo of Herstmonceux in 1965 along Hailsham Rd. I was born outside the village in 1957, my father being the local Reverend from 1956 till 1973/4. The old car in the foreground was right ...Read more

A memory of Herstmonceux in 1965 by puck_productions

I moved to live in one of the houses shown in the background of this picture around 1964/65. Rushcroft was a council estate and my father worked in a cotton mill and my mother worked at the Osram mill in town, making ...Read more

A memory of Shaw in 1965 by Diane Ferguson

My mother worked in Lloyds in Holton Road. They had two shops, one which she usually worked in selling Lino, beds and furniture, and china etc. The other shop was the largest of the two and my mother used to shop there a lot. ...Read more

A memory of Barry in 1960

Does anyone remember the Lochinvar Cinema? It was sixpence and a different film every night! Paul Bass (my father) now living in Wigan does, he used to stay at his auntie's house, Ina Benson Newsagents. He has great memories of ...Read more

A memory of Longtown in 1961 by Susan Bass

Hi, I am living in Ireland now. I spent many a good night in the Farmer's Boy pub, I was called 'Irish' by name, some day I hope to holiday in your lovely village.

A memory of Shepley in 1968 by Michael Cullen

I was working on the Echo Box in the early 1960s. I got to know a lot of the characters who worked for Western Welsh, Rhondda Coaches, Red & White, Coity Motors and the luxorious N & C Coaches from the Neath ...Read more

A memory of Bridgend in 1960 by Cyril Hill