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I grew up in Old Calmore at Croft Farm. My parents, Cyril and Winifred Pass, bought the property when they returned from India in 1947, and we lived in the 'pump house' until the bungalow was built in 1949. My earliest clear ...Read more

A memory of Calmore by Nina Stoddart

I was born at Howard's Road Hospital in 1954. My parents lived with relatives in Walpole Road then Elm Park before coming back to East Ham. We moved about the manor a fair bit. Mountfield Road, ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1958 by Ted Hannaford

I moved to Cowdenbeath from Lochore in 1959 at the age of two. We lived at 3 Alexander Street (house long since gone).  My mum, dad and me. I attended Foulford School for one year. I remember the walks home alone every day by the ...Read more

A memory of Cowdenbeath by John Campbell

I never lived in Southampton or have I ever been there  However I was friendly with a lad who hailed from Shirley. His name is Don Davies if my memory serves me right. We were stationed at an Ordnance Field Park in ...Read more

A memory of Southampton by Les May

This is where I first set eyes on my future wife. = I was working for Wimpeys at Greenham Common Air-Base, about 60 to 70 of us were lodging in an old army camp in Hamstead Norris that hade been taken over by ...Read more

A memory of Newbury in 1955 by Frank Mitchell

My name is Jane Anne Simmonds (nee Hyde). I was born in Newton Abbot on 31st March 1956. My grandfather Herbert Hyde had retired as a Wing Commander in the airforce and was managing the Union Hotel. My brother John Hyde ...Read more

A memory of Newton Abbot in 1960 by Susan Cooling

I grew up in the "Joinery" where there were lots of characters and moved just down the street when I was 15.My parents still live there. I remember "The Green" where the Boys Brigade hall was at the bottom of the street. Seeing ...Read more

A memory of Llanbradach in 1960 by Marlene Davey

I remember the church in the background of this photo, my mother and father and brother are all buried there now and I'll be visiting in May 2011, with my close friend Maxine. I used to remember a small bungalow there called Eastveiw in ...Read more

A memory of Kelsale by Eric Chambers

My name is now Marie Moore but my maiden name was Jeeves. Memories of Cayton Bay 1960s to 70s will stay with me forever, my nannan, mam and her 2 sisters all had their own caravans on Wallis's Holiday Camp, our caravan number ...Read more

A memory of Cayton Bay in 1963 by Marie Moore

Is there anybody out there who remembers The Lynx in Maxwell Road? I remember seeing Rod Stewart, The Yardbirds, Georgie Fame and The Who there in 1964/1965. The youth leader was Maurice Barnett, we used to give him a terrible time but it was a good time.

A memory of Borehamwood in 1965 by Stephen Blanchard