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Heading out of the village, our next port of call is the Scout Hut.  Was it still there?  Well the old gravel path that we used to walk or cycle up was blocked by new buildings. ...Read more

A memory of Groby in 1970 by John Hughes

I was born in Liebenrood Road Maternity Hospital Reading in 1947 and for my first 5 years I lived in Salisbury Road, moving to Whitley until I left in 1969. I remember as a young child having many photographs taken at Jeromes ...Read more

A memory of Reading by Wendy Fegan

I had a spell of six weeks at St Mary's, my sister came along with me for company. I suffered from chest infections and was sent there hoping the sea air might go me good. I remember going down the stone steps to the beach. Every day we ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1955 by Jan Arblaster

At the side of the Post Office is a single track lane that leads to the cliffs, half a mile along the lane past the farm was a large thatched cottage named "Rixlade". In 1957 our father Major William (Bill) ...Read more

A memory of Abbotsham in 1957 by Raymond Hay

I used to play with Rosalind Morris whose family lived here. My mother did housework and also worked in the greenhouses. I remember a toy room with many very exciting toys, including a scale model of the Coronation.

A memory of Reydon in 1955 by Margaret Prime

My parents emigrated to Australia in 1968 but I still bear the scars of an altercation with a golf club at the hands of a childhood friend in the back street behind Derby Road, Ansdell. I inadvertently walked behind someone who was ...Read more

A memory of Ansdell in 1967 by Dawn Palmer

We hired a riverside chalet called 'La Dak' on the Martham side of the river, there were two families sharing. I remember there was no car access to the chalet so we had to park the cars next to the bridge ...Read more

A memory of Potter Heigham in 1968 by Mike Atherley

Born in 137,Station rd in 1948. One of four children. Went to hawthorn junior and then cathays high .cannot remember name of infants school, but I do remember my nana picking me up one day one as we walked home a dog ran out from a ...Read more

A memory of Llandaff North

During the early sixties I was friendly with the daughter at the Mardy, which was the big house left of the the picture, now I believe a hotel. She knew the old couple who lived at The Court very well. They were a Mr and Mrs Evans, always ...Read more

A memory of Pencoed

My sister Joyce lived at the end of Thorpe Lane opposite The Old White Bear ,she was also a barmaid there. Jim Rose

A memory of Morley by jim_anita