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In relation to Reform Street and the city square on Friday/Saturday nights. We boys and our latest girlfriends (only if you had a car) used to meet and have a drag race either up Reform Street and back or a race from city square out under the ...Read more

A memory of Dundee in 1966 by Alan Gray

Further to my earlier memory of living in Hetton. My great-grandparents were Robert and Isabelle DeLap, they lived in Number 1 Downs Lane and had 5 children; Gladys, Annie, John, George and Bob. My grandma was Annie. I ...Read more

A memory of Hetton-Le-Hole in 1860 by Ellie Johnson

When I went to the Coatbridge Palais there was also a band called the Reigning Monarchs, which there around the same time as the Drum Beats, the Crusaders. I am not sure of the dates they all played in the Coatbridge Palais. ...Read more

A memory of Coatbridge in 1957 by Art Mcgivern

I was in the Gables Boys home from around 1959 until 1963. During my time there I got more beatings than enough from Goslin, I will never forget this man but all memories of him being bad, he was not a nice man. He caned me ...Read more

A memory of Maldon by Peter Martin

I spent 3 years at st johns 1957 to 1960 it was a tough place in them days we wore army boots with the studs short pants and bright red army jackets the boys are tough and the staff were mean you had to toe the line the cane was the norm ...Read more

A memory of Tiffield in 1957 by Robert (B0b) Ward

Wide spread floods; the raised footpath to Countesthorpe, the canal freezing over, the bridal path to Blaby and playing in the ruins of Nabisco Freers biscuit factory after the fire. Great times eh? It makes you wonder how we ...Read more

A memory of South Wigston in 1960 by Chris Marshall

Yes I remember Sandy. My mother was the Manager of the Co-op decorating shop opposite the Town Hall. It was called 'The Colour Centre'. One of her frequent visitors was Sandy, he would call in for a cup of tea whilst on his beat. ...Read more

A memory of Walsall in 1963 by Cherry Rogers

In 1955, several Air Force families stationed variously at Alconbury and Molesworth Air Force Bases in England found themselves renting flats (apts) in a Jacobean Manor House in the English Countryside. The landlady, ...Read more

A memory of Wadenhoe in 1955 by Perle Champion

Bentalls was a big shop, especially if like me you'd grown up in small villages & army bases. I can remember seeing a bespoke luxury car being parked between the escalators. Not having a TV at my aunts house in ...Read more

A memory of Kingston Upon Thames by bru.enzer

Throughout the first half of the 1950's I would spend every school holiday at Linton, with my maternal grandparents. Initially my mum would accompany me from our home in Trumpington to Drummer Street bus station, ...Read more

A memory of Linton in 1952 by Brian Goodliffe