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My nan had a caravan on the Blue Anchor Site and my cousins and I were shipped off there every summer.The highlight of the week was always when the fish and chip van used to come and park near the pub. The lowlight of ...Read more

A memory of Seasalter in 1969 by Neil Bryan

At the age of 14 my father began work as an apprentice pawnbroker for the firm W. Paines & Co. at their Strood branch on the corner of High Street, and Station Road. The firm had 3 branches. The apprenticeship lasted 5 years, followed by ...Read more

A memory of Grays by Ann Claydon

My paternal family owned the nursery/market garden in Ambleside prior to and after the war, their house is now the Glava Restaurant. My maternal family owned High Wray Bank on the other side of the Lake. I was bought up with so many ...Read more

A memory of High Wray in 1968 by Sue Milligan

A lovely way to pass time on a warm summer day.

A memory of Windsor by Carolyn Babin

We moved from New Cross, Deptford just before the war to The Heights Northolt. As a child then, memories are now somewhat fragmented but that reflects the conditions that parents faced. As a child there seemed ...Read more

A memory of Northolt in 1940 by Peter Smith

I remember the boating lake with very fond memories. We used to holiday with my great aunt and uncle who lived in Reydon every year. My parents, with my brother and I would arrive in late July and they would return home a fortnight ...Read more

A memory of Southwold in 1953 by Jeff Chmaberlain

I vaguely remember the bad winter when snow was still laying in June, black snow where people had thrown ash onto paths and roads. There were holes cut into the banks of snow so people could cross the roads. Then in the early ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham in 1947

My family moved to Rochester during the war ( a naval family). We lived in Union Street until it was demolished for the new police station. We had a small gang, four strong and we roamed far and wide during the long ...Read more

A memory of Rochester in 1946 by Colin Walsh

I will always remember regular family trips to Abbey Park, fishing in the Soar, hiring the metal pedal boats and many other memories. I always remember that the one day of the week that we used to go to the park was nearly always on ...Read more

A memory of Leicester in 1949 by Roy Lowe

My Aunt Freda used to run the show boat and when we went to Ponty to visit my dad, Spank Mattocks, I spent a lot of time in there. We live down south, a lot of my family lived up Chequerfield Drive and some still do. My cousin ...Read more

A memory of Pontefract by Deborah Ayres