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Where do I begin? I have titled this memory thus and placed it in about 1960, because that's the most accurate I can make it. Ida (my mum) pushing me in a pram up the 'Cliff' to the wood yard, that used to be up by the ...Read more

A memory of Draycott in 1960

Very fond memories of my childhood in Gatley. I went to Gatley Primary, then to Kingsway. I always remember the fruit and veg shop, Chandleys, facing Gatley Green, I used to pass it on my way to primary school, and on Church Road ...Read more

A memory of Gatley in 1993 by Ria Lillis

I was born in Springhead Road in 1945, and I went to St Botolphs Primary School from 1950 to 1955. After my Mum, Ethel George, died in 1959 my father, Arthur George, started going to the Queens Head, and in 1962 he married the then ...Read more

A memory of Northfleet in 1960 by Ray George

I was born and brought up 8a Transmere Road. I attended Croften Infants School and then Croften Junior School. I had previously attened a nursery school in Croften Lane, I think near the infants school. I can remember my ...Read more

A memory of Petts Wood in 1962 by Christopher Hayward

I do not remember the Transporter Bridge but it holds a special place in my heart as my dear late grandfather, Rueben Stubbs, was the head of maintenance for forty years. He told me many stories about his time working there. It was a job that he really enjoyed.

A memory of Runcorn

My name is Geoffrey Powell, My name was changed for family reasons from SAC Geoffrey Pallett, I was stationed at RAF Goldsborough, it was a camp situated at East Barnby but took the name from nearby Goldsborough. I was on a ...Read more

A memory of Fylingdales Moor in 1960 by Geoffrey Powell

A bit before my time, but I was born and bred in Bidford. The old Falcon Inn, in the background, I lived round the corner from there. Had a wonderful childhood in Bidford, alas I left to join the army in 1977 and only manage to ...Read more

A memory of Bidford-on-Avon in 1965 by Jay Spiers

Loughton was the village I grew up in. A loveley village surrounded by countryside and farm land. I grew up in Railway Cottages, somtimes known as Fog Cottages. Me and my friend Marlene used to sit on the fence train ...Read more

A memory of Loughton in 1955 by Jose Mabbutt

Memories of The Mumbles by John S. Batts Viewing on-line a collection of Frith’s old photos of The Mumbles has jogged many memories. For me the place was simply known as “Mumbles,” home to a much-treasured uncle ...Read more

A memory of Mumbles, The by John S. Batts

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