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I stayed at Crossways (a beautiful 1920/30s? bungalow) on a family holiday for 2 weeks in 1961 with my parents, sister, grandparents, great-aunt and a family friend when I was 6. I remember it as one of the best & happiest family ...Read more

A memory of Sandbanks in 1961 by Amanda Chadderton

I grew up in Towyn and lived in the same bungalow on Towyn Way West until I got married in 1985 at the ripe old age of 31 and moved to Rhyl. My Great Aunt Sarah owned Browns Holiday Camp with Mr Brown from before the Second ...Read more

A memory of Towyn in 1960 by Christine Potts

I spent my summer holidays at Halbeath with my aunts who lived at 'Hillview', Sandybank, Halbeath. It was one road from Halbeath to Crossgates, there was a few cottages on the left, I think it was called Praytus. I have many happy ...Read more

A memory of Halbeath in 1968

MY memories of Strood are of school days, of playing in the grounds of Rochester Castle, of a cold Christmas with all the lights, of catching the bus to and from school. I remember walking to the bakery on Sunday to buy fresh bread, ...Read more

A memory of Strood in 1965 by Fred Oddy

I lived in Station Road no 24 i had the Surname Sheppard back then i moved to the area back in 1964 or thereabouts,went to Leeson's Hill primary school my neighbours to the right were the Sturge family i cannot ...Read more

A memory of St Mary Cray in 1964 by Phil Hill

Lots of memories of the MacCubban Shield Competitions with the Sandbank Troup - we won it several years in a row in the early/mid 60's - also the scout camps at Rashfield and farther away at Benderloch. The tasks we undertook such ...Read more

A memory of Dunoon in 1963 by Allan Melville

My memory - in 1964 I left Henry Harbin Secondary School, aged fifteen, the world was my oyster, well that was the theory. I spent two weeks laying on the sand at Sandbanks, until my father took me to Bluebird Caravans and I ended up in ...Read more

A memory of Poole in 1964 by Robert Burton