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My family lived in Waltham Abbey from 1955 to 1961 and living there left a lasting impression on me. I attended Waltham Holy Cross County Primary School during this time and at the ripe old age of 8 ...Read more

A memory of Waltham Abbey in 1960 by Bill Waring

Before becoming the home of George Harrison of the Beatles, Friar Park was run as a school by sisters of the St. John Bosco order. This was my first school and I remember having to walk all the way to the main door along the ...Read more

A memory of Henley-on-Thames in 1960 by Mandy Lester

I attended Lawrence Weston Comprehensive School from September 6, 1963 until February 1969. Although I had passed my 11 Plus examination very highly (highest in the southwest of England) and wanted to ...Read more

A memory of Lawrence Weston in 1963 by Timothy Purnell

I love Binstead, met my first wife there Carole, who lived in Beatrice Close. We walked all around the village but the best walk was from the Church of the Holy Cross up to Ladies Walk, a truly beautiful place which I still enjoy at ...Read more

A memory of Binstead in 1960 by John Smith

I was in the top year at Waltham Holy Cross County Primary in 1966. We took the 9th centenary of 1066 very seriously, given King Harold's connection with the Abbey. I wrote and directed a film for the school ...Read more

A memory of Waltham Abbey in 1966 by Aileen Simkins

I used to go to a boarding school in Farnham, it was Hassobury, a big mansion, it was in Hazel End.  Across the fields from there we used to go to a church for holy communion before breakfast, I am not sure if it was St Mary's.

A memory of Farnham in 1960 by Pat Kings

We moved from Romford Road to Cherwell Grove in 1962 and moved to Australia in 1969. My memories are of wonderful times playing football in Belhus Park, fishing at Buckles Lane and drinking at The Royal Oak. Jim ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1962 by Michael Hanrahan

This lovely cottage looks like the one which was located near where I used to live and go to school back in the 1960s. If I am right then the curved space in the bottom right of this picture was the boundary of a ...Read more

A memory of Balsham in 1969 by Judith Tack