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I was born in Northwich in 1966, however I moved here to Lancashire in 1980 but I still consider time in Northwich as being the best days of my life. I moved here when I was 14, I lived in Greenhall Road and my best friend ...Read more

A memory of Northwich in 1970 by Vicky Wood

I remember my mom buying the apple doughnuts with fresh cream. But my favourite was what I recall being called a 'pancake fritter' - like a pancake but a lot deeper, and with currants ...Read more

A memory of West Bromwich in 1972

I was a pupil at St Johns Priory, and whilst I did not appreciate it at the time, it was an amazing start in life. The Nuns were incredibly strict so we all studied hard. Our classes were really small, by the ...Read more

A memory of Banbury in 1978 by Sarah Hartley

The memory relates to one of at the year mentioned of a teenage secret shared with only a selected few, whom are long lost good school friends who I can recall enjoyed the secret night-time swimming in the outdoor pool. ...Read more

A memory of Otley in 1978 by Sharon Hay

Sept 1971, and Ventnor became the place of our honeymoon. We had a fabulous week, the weather was good, a lovely hotel just up the hill from the beach. At the end of it, we were very brave and returned to the mainland by hovercraft ...Read more

A memory of Ventnor in 1971 by Susan Moore

I never really knew of Weeford even tho I was born and brought up in Birmingham and travelled to Lichfield, Cannock and many places around that area. This fact changed tho a couple of years ago when after trying to find old ...Read more

A memory of Weeford in 1977 by John Hughes

Hi, moved to Gorton when I was 5 yrs old, lived on Berry Street in the shadow of St James church. Loved playing in the grave yard, cobbled street back yards, outside loo, them were the days. Went to St James school, had a friend ...Read more

A memory of Gorton in 1970 by Aian Harvey

I was in Mrs Machins class at Goldenhill C of E school during this year and our class room was in the grave yard. We were asked one afternoon to do a fire drill and we would have to leave via a door in the back of the room ...Read more

A memory of Goldenhill in 1976 by Tina Mellor

This was the year I represented my family at my Uncle Davy Mcarthy's funeral, what a truly momentous occasion, people travelled for miles to be there. He was a bastion for the cause and was as a young man on hunger strike at Walton ...Read more

A memory of Bray in 1976 by Eileen Mccann

The year is approximate as I was in my teens, so it was somewhere between 1972 and 1974. I had a horse called Shamrock, that I kept in Sandon and I used to ride him through Danbury and Little Baddow ...Read more

A memory of Little Baddow in 1973 by Heather Chaplin