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This was a weekend to remember! The Clitheroe Morris Men invited several other dance "sides" to join them for a weekend of dancing, music and - of course - beer drinking! By a lucky chance I was ...Read more

A memory of Clitheroe in 1980 by John Howard Norfolk

Opposite the post office at the end of the parade of shops was a dry cleaners owned by what I thought was a rather posh lady who would call me Poppet. My mother cleaned house for them and sometimes I would be ...Read more

A memory of West Drayton in 1953 by Barry Hawgood

My grandmother was Mary Davies who kept the pub until her death in 1959. I was born and brought up in the tiny village on top of the mountain between Cwm and Hollybush. My dad George was a farmer in the area until his death in ...Read more

A memory of Manmoel by Glyn Davies

My parents moved to Elm Park (Mungo Park Estate) around 1957, when I was around 18 months old, with my two brothers (John and Terry). I attended Scargill infants and junior school, in Simpson Road, and in 1966 went to Brittons ...Read more

A memory of Elm Park in 1966 by Bob Amies

My family the Williamses lived at 57 Strawberry Road, Newtown, Retford from 1942 until we moved to Birmingham in 1956. Naturally I have great memories of the games we young children played in the street together, like marbles in ...Read more

A memory of Retford in 1955 by Terry Williams

1946 was a very bad winter, we were snowed in for weeks.The promised Christmas pantomime visit to the Theatre Royal in Exeter never materialised. It always seemed to happen like that in those ...Read more

A memory of Shillingford St George in 1946 by Rosemary Morris

I have lived in Saffron Walden all my life of 50 years. I have many great memories of Saffron Walden. My greatest memories are of the time we had at the locally named Paddler. The Paddler was at the top end of Rowntree Way. The area ...Read more

A memory of Saffron Walden in 1965 by Ian Lench

My grandad used to work at South Kirkby pit for many years, so growing up I was forever hearing stories of his days down the mine. Being a very inquisitive child I would spend hours exploring, even though my grandad used to ...Read more

A memory of South Kirkby in 1985 by Mark Adams

I lived in Lycett Road from 1955 to 1981, what a change! Mostly the quietness at night, no cars or buses, no people. The street lights went out at midnight. The building on the right was Woods, something to do with cars, ...Read more

A memory of Wallasey in 1962 by Billy Hannah

I was born and lived all my life till 24 in Oulton. It was then a small village and everywhere I went someone knew me or a family member. Back then we could play in the street and roam all over the village. One supermarket Grandways ...Read more

A memory of Oulton in 1964 by Karen Marsh