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My first school was Botany; now a house. Children from the local villages went to Botany School until they reached the age of ten, then to Chedworth School. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Calcot in 1940 by Dorothy Lawrence

Me and Robin Webb's girl friend walking back to South Croydon Secondary after a disagreement about a girl. Can't remember her name, we was on the largo field behind the school. Circa 1964.

A memory of Purley in 1964 by George Dynysiuk

Born 1956 Mill Lane Estate, went to St Marks and Highfield. Spent my childhood down the waterfall off Mill Lane Estate which was just a weir really across the wooden bridge, and the fair that came to the field on Mill Lane. Very happy days.

A memory of Bredbury

It was a hot summers day and dad let me borrow his bicycle. It was a bit on the large side for me (I was 10 years old) he had taken the saddle from off the saddle-bar and had tied it to the crossbar. I rode the bike along the canal ...Read more

A memory of Cudworth in 1960 by Roland Mitchell

In the 1950's and 60's, Bank Villa belonged to Dr Dodds, in partnership with Dr Holroyd whose surgery was in Kirkby Malzeard. Dr Dodds' surgery was within Bank Villa. Dr Dodds was invalided out of the Royal Navy having served on the ...Read more

A memory of Masham in 1950 by Paul Theakston

The formative years of my early childhood were spent at No. 39 Bondgate, Pontefract, which was one of a block of four small two-up, two-down houses situated immediately adjacent to the front ...Read more

A memory of Pontefract in 1930 by Graham Atkinson

Somebody just described the River Ching by the Hatch exactly as I remember it as a child. The sandy path running along up to the football club where I remember getting Jimmy Tarbuck's autograph at a charity event held there. The ...Read more

A memory of Chingford in 1960 by Wendy Worby

If you took the right turn at Bell Cottage and then right again on the main road then a left up a cinder track you came to the Bridgewater canal that was in the higher part of the village. It was the acknowledged meeting place for ...Read more

A memory of Thelwall in 1959 by Helen Terry

My mother had the above sweetshop in Great Bridge. We used to sell one penny bottles of pop to the children who were going to the Palace Cinema on Saturday. The shop was open from 9 a.m. until 10 p.m. and only closed ...Read more

A memory of Great Bridge in 1954

In the 1950s my parents and I were frequent visitors to friends made during the war years. They lived near Branston Road, Burton, and were business people. John, his wife Doris, and their daughter ...Read more

A memory of Alrewas in 1952 by Ronald Jones