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Aside from teaching with a wonderful staff, brilliant headmaster, and receptive children I remember the ferry, and having fish and chips on the pier. Always a fond memory to go back to that time, as I met the love of my life, my soul mate that year!

A memory of Yarmouth in 1970 by M.L. Acott

I worked for the Bank of England's Glasgow Agency from 1969 to 1978 and remember that ,on really hot days in the summer , the Agent would give some of us an afternoon off to enjoy the weather. These became known as ...Read more

A memory of Glasgow in 1970 by Patricia Erasmus

I can remember being a member of this club at around that time. We used to meet up and have days out etc. I had a girlfriend for a short time who lived in Shirley and used to drive a Morris Minor. Another girl there who was quite outgoing and ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1970 by Robert Muldoon

My mum cleaned at the Vine for the mid 1960s into the 1970s and we would go with her in the school holidays. I used to stock the shelves with bottles of beer. The draught beer was poured straight from the barrels kept in the celler behind the bar. Billy and Molly Ellis were the publicans.

A memory of Old Burghclere in 1970 by Christine Campbell

I lived in Hilldene Ave, 133 (to be exact) since I was born; almost opposite what was then Everards Hardware Store. Roof jumping at the back of the shops and riding bikes down the mud slope by what used to be the nursery by the church. ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1970 by Chris Newby

Loved the youth club on Pant Street .  Also the gym with boxing, weights, football, judo etc.   The snooker hall was great and the famous cafe Aserattis Gattis with the pinball, wurlittzer, bottles of coke and the steamed pies.  And the annual Balfour Barry trips.  What a life.

A memory of Aberbargoed in 1970 by Tony Williams

I remember Whitoff bakery at the top of Wast Street as this was the year I got married and we hired our cake stand from them.

A memory of Crewe in 1970 by Ian Speake

I remember a fair bit about this place and the people who were there. Boys were Demo Bennett, John Cunningham, Nick Fosco, Aloysuis Gamotea, Bendon Slattery (who went to Stoneyhurst) Phivos Petrou and his bothers (I think they had a hotel in ...Read more

A memory of Copthorne in 1970 by Tony Barton

I have very happy memories of the two years I spent here. I was aged 8 to 10 years old at the time and left to go to Australia. My name then was Susan Day. My friends' names were Rachel, Fiona and Julie. I lived at Keeper's Corner and ...Read more

A memory of Copthorne in 1970 by Susan Oliver

I signed up for the Territorial Army and was posted to the Royal Corps of Signals in 1967. but after serving for two years in the Manchester area I relocated to London and - just my luck - one of ...Read more

A memory of Scarborough in 1970 by John Howard Norfolk