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In the summer of 1952 I learnt that my parents had decided to move from our home in the Midlands to the West Country as my father wished to return to where his relatives lived. It came as no surprise therefore, when one day they ...Read more

A memory of Dartmouth in 1952

My memory is of Shotley bridge hospital in May 1960 I was four years old and had been born with a hole in the heart. I was token by ambulance to shotley bridge to have my heart surgery. There was no children ward in the ...Read more

A memory of Shotley Bridge by stevie21055

I was born in Fulham 1950 and grew up able to run & play till it got dark in Bishops Park and the surrounding area. I lived in Kenyon Street until I was 12 which was really fantastic. My family supported Fulham Football Club. I ...Read more

A memory of Fulham by pipparoberts

I was born in 1937 but remember nothing of that year! We lived in Backworth, Northumberland where my father was the colliery engineer at the Maud & the Eccles pits. In about 1945 we moved to the village ...Read more

A memory of Earsdon in 1940 by John Thompson

My family moved to Great Bookham in 1957, and were the first owners of 1 Allen Road, part of a small Close of bungalows built by New Ideal Homes of Epsom. The 1904 photograph shows the beautiful beech trees by the Leatherhead ...Read more

A memory of Great Bookham in 1957 by Joy Davis

I am trying to research for my Father who is 90 years old. Does anybody remember or have any details of a FARM called LITTLE CANNON'S somewhere in Parndon. It was owed by my grandparent's Mary Pearson Chessell and ...Read more

A memory of Great Parndon in 1900 by Christine Hester

Seemed like everybody knew everybody in the town in the 1950s and a trip to town with grandma was an obstacle course of gossiping delays riddled with 'not for the ears of children' innuendo...Yellow bereted... ...Read more

A memory of Kidderminster in 1953

I was sent to a convelecent home in Broadstairs but I don't know the name. I must have been 5 years old, I lived in London at the time. I remember being put on a coach and being seen off by my parents and wondering why they looked ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1955

I attended this school from about 1956 till 1959. We left Stapleford when I was ten years old. I don't remember much about the school, but I remember a lot about one particular teacher, her name ...Read more

A memory of Stapleford in 1959 by Peter Macartney

My father, Ken Hatton, worked as a surveyor with Cementation, a civil engineering company from Bentley Nr. Doncaster. They were driving a water tunnel under the Trough of Bowland. At that time we lived in Clitheroe at ...Read more

A memory of Slaidburn in 1951 by Stan Hatton