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I was born inAvenue Road and attended Northside School. My grandfather was on the Council and was awarded the Freedom of Finchley. I will never forget when he was invited to my school on prize giving day and I had a prize to ...Read more

A memory of Finchley by Vera Sweeney

Roger, a pint was one shilling and three pence for mild and one and sixpence for bitter in the snug .. I was the cocktail barman ( aged 16) under the close eye of your ma, even know remembered fodndly by me as Auntie Gwen and of course ...Read more

A memory of Seascale in 1960 by Tim Hollier

We lived in 6 Promontory Terrace, which was on the border of Cullercoats and Whitley Bay, that was 1950 a time when the Fishermen's Cottages were just around the corner and we would have their Dressed Crab or the Wilecks as we ...Read more

A memory of Cullercoats by arnoldlee44

In the Fifties, my brothers and I used to swim in the 'side pools' that lie just behind the sea wall. We used to go down the access road at Vange Corner across the railway line to Johnson's Wood yard, past the woodyard and ...Read more

A memory of Vange Creek by jebullard

Northaw Place was at one time a childrens home which myself and two sisters spent some time at in the late 1950's housing 50/60 at a time.The head honcho was a guy named Mr Seldon. Does anyone have any memories of this place? It is ...Read more

A memory of Northaw Place by kencath46

I was born in Palace Road in 1959. I lived with my sisters Fay Barbara and parents John and Audrey Langford. My aunt Joan and Uncle Tom Martin owned the house and we rented the top floor flat. Because we ...Read more

A memory of Crystal Palace by steveandjanbox

Our first visit to Porthtowan for a holiday was in August 2001 when we took my husband, Chris' five year old son Daniel for a stay at The Beach Hotel. The owners, Sian and Colin and their four children made us very welcome and we ...Read more

A memory of Porthtowan

lived in margate from approx. 1945 to 1952. There was a pier with a life boat station halfway up.Took a trip on the lifeboat, public once year, and was really seasick. There was also the Pavilion, close by was a 'pillbox' a wartime concrete ...Read more

A memory of Margate

In 1960's Newcastle we didn't see a lot of woodland or wildlife on a daily basis. My dad was from a Romany family and during the war had spent a lot of his childhood, when school was closed, travelling with his uncle who was a ...Read more

A memory of Plankey Mill

I lived in silverdale road from about 1960-1972 and went to dicker house and then to pneu school. We did our sewing class on the front lawn in the summer by a beautiful labernum tree. Swimming at the local pool and the goose fair! All happy memories!

A memory of Burgess Hill by mayvalentine