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I remember well the tennis courts . We were a secondary modern and our tennis courts were very secondary. Holes and gravel with a perimeter fence that had so many holes in it that about 20% of the balls sailed through it only to ...Read more

A memory of New Parks in 1967 by Richard Lees

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A memory of Tunstall in 1960 by Jean, Ann Bailey

I loved swimming at Newark Swimming Pool..great memories of the smell of the water gushing from the fountain..and having a hot mug of Bovril to warm us up after our time in the unheated pool, for ...Read more

A memory of Newark-on-Trent in 1962 by Pauline Ely (Nee Crowder)

Seems to ring a bell, but I lived in 104 Newark Drive from 1960 till 1976 when I left town and moved to the Channel Islands and then Australia. I have lived here for the past 33 years, the past 22 on the Gold Coast, qld ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1969 by Linda Dorington

I used to walk from way down Eastwood Road to Crown Hill and down to The Sweyne School for many years. I always used to look at the Cottage with awe thinking how old it was and wondering at the history it had seen. I doubt that it exists ...Read more

A memory of Rayleigh in 1962 by Roger Ball

I was at New Parks Boys for just over a year until I was moved to Oxford which I hated! One memory of mine was of one of the teachers who took Maths (we quickly nicknamed him 'slipper happy') and I can still remember the ...Read more

A memory of Glenfield in 1964 by Robert Marlow

I was born in Jacksdale in 1962, my dad was a bus driver with the Midland General Bus Company based in Underwood. I now live in Ollerton near Newark, but have fond memories of the village as I grew up. I often think back about ...Read more

A memory of Jacksdale in 1962 by Emma Lowe