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I worked in the big hotel in Sandown, and a couple of hotels on the very seafront with two girls from Binstead, what fun we had, laughter and tears went together. I've lost touch with them but would love to hear what they are up to ...Read more

A memory of Binstead in 1973 by Patricia Hamilton

I remember taking the patrol leaders from my scout troop, the 3rd Sevenoaks (Riverhead), on a visit to Wales as we wanted to check out posiible sites for a summer camp the following summer. "Skip" was ...Read more

A memory of Crickhowell in 1973 by John Howard Norfolk

As young parents along with our two daughters we would spend many happy vacations in Pwllheli.  Mostly at Butlins Holiday Camp. So many happy memories, arriving at the camp, hoping we would get Blue Camp as it was closer to the amusements ...Read more

A memory of Pwllheli in 1972 by Brenda Vanderwert

My sister Kathleen Taylor (former name) was cook in the kitchen for the retired old ladies. I was always staying with her during school holidays. Her husband then (now deceased) was Barry Taylor and they had two children, Sarah born ...Read more

A memory of Laleham in 1970 by Stuart Mitchell

The building you can see behind the tree left of photo was the main guardroom. At the back was the offices of the RAF Police and the RAF Regt. Opposite their office entrance was a grassed area where we had a ...Read more

A memory of Brampton in 1979 by Dot Laird

I have a strange but lovely memory of Forest Coal Pit. Mum and Dad worked shifts when we were kids so dad would often take the four of us out and about on his own, but being a 70's dad wasn't so good at cooking or organising a ...Read more

A memory of Forest Coal Pit in 1973

The caravan park by the river Derwent has now closed, my extended family had a static there and the countryside was beautiful. In the 1960s Romany gypsies would camp in the woods.

A memory of Whatstandwell in 1976

Greenford market, that's where the buses terminated. If you were quick you could jump off the back of a bus at the corner when it turned into Windmill Lane, that way if the bus was going further than the market it saved you ...Read more

A memory of Greenford in 1975 by Terry Tomlinson

I have been away from Brimington for about 22 years, some of the area has changed but not much, I was shocked to see my old school gone. Brim boys was my last school before my first job as apprentice mechanic at ...Read more

A memory of Brimington in 1970 by Nick Cherryman

In the early 1970's I was a Scout Leader in Riverhead - near Sevenoaks in Kent - and we decided to spend our 1974 summer camp in the West Country or South Wales. I remember my fellow leader, Squadron ...Read more

A memory of St Briavels in 1974 by John Howard Norfolk