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My name is Andrea Parkinson. I was born in 1962, I went to Greetby Hill Primary School until I was 9 years old. The swimming pool was not ready when I left. My headmaster at the time was Mr Pilkington (I think). My family moved ...Read more

A memory of Ormskirk in 1972 by Andrea Parkinson

I was a young adult when I arrived in Rochford on a Sunday afternoon in June 1978, to take up my position as student nurse at Rochford Hospital. I was from Cape Town in South Africa and the feel of this village promised ...Read more

A memory of Rochford in 1978 by Clarissa Aitken Kiwara

I was in the Shildon Operatic Society about 1970 to 1974. I really enjoyed it. We did such shows as Oliver, the Sound of Music and South Pacific. I was sorry to hear that they are no longer performing. I do not live in ...Read more

A memory of Shildon in 1970 by Ann Holmes Hochstrasser

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, ...Read more

A memory of St Briavels in 1974 by John Howard Norfolk

I was born in Buttershaw in Bradford. I moved to Cononley at the age of 5 and have spent happy times in and around the village. Living just outside the village parish lines at this time our family became very involved in the village ...Read more

A memory of Cononley in 1977 by Angela Wilkinson

Having left Australia on an open-ended working holiday to England in January, 1974 with my girlfriend, it was hard to imagine that within six weeks of arriving in London we'd be living on a leaky old narrow boat ...Read more

A memory of Leighton Buzzard in 1975 by Ross Barnard

We used to go in there often, and I remember one time being very confused when asked whether I wanted lemonade, cherryade, limeade or Whipsnade, 'cause I knew that was a zoo and I didn't quite get the idea of puns. ...Read more

A memory of Dorchester in 1974

My grandparents Jack and Beral Storey lived at 8 Plumpton Close with their kids Ricky, Stevie, Sharon and Darrell. My dad was Stevie who sadly passed away in 1980. I spent every weekend at my nan's and have great memories like ...Read more

A memory of Northolt in 1977 by Steve Storey

I moved to Harrow in 1969, and started DJ'ing in October 1969. I had a residency at The Shaftesbury every Thursday, Friday, Sunday lunchtime and then later in the evening (pubs closed at 3pm in those days). It was ...Read more

A memory of South Harrow in 1971 by Denis Cook

I lived in Polar Road, South Merton, but at the end of this road was Morden. I went to school in Morden and my Headmaster was Mr How. I went on to Willows High School for girls. I later went back in the '90s and how much it had ...Read more

A memory of Morden in 1973