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As a boarder at Danes Hill School in the 60s I well remember a strange pudding we were served, the unlikely combination of Weetabix, prunes and custard which I hated! Prune stones were saved and on Sundays we were all given an ...Read more

A memory of Oxshott in 1962 by Steve Chilcott

Just to the right of where this photo has been taken was the village smithy, it was built in 1947 by my grandfather Harold Cottrell and my father Reg Cottrell. They continued the business started by my Gt Gd Father Fred ...Read more

A memory of Congleton in 1960 by David Cottrell

I was born at the Congleton War Memorial Hosipital and was christened at St Stephen's Church; just above the wall which borders Hankinson's field to the right of the River Dane in this picture. My Dad played ...Read more

A memory of Congleton in 1968 by Val Carter

I was raised in Swanwick, went to infant school, then moved on to junior school on Pentrich Road. Good times were had by all, well almost, caned by the Headmaster once or twice, but taught you a lesson. I remember school hols, when it ...Read more

A memory of Swanwick in 1959 by John Winson

I was born at 1 Donaldson Road. My dad was John White a marvelous singer, he worked at Haigs Distillery, Cameron Bridge for 46 years. My elder brother was Ron White. I played in the Methillhill Pipe Band in 1946, with Pipe Major ...Read more

A memory of Methilhill in 1930 by Doog White

Went to live in Crook: Rosedean, West Road, in 1937. Everybody spoke a foreign language even though I came from only a few miles away, Northallerton. Or maybe I was the one who spoke a strange tongue. Many happy memories of playing on the ...Read more

A memory of Crook in 1930 by Ernest Hall

In 1960-63 I lived in Stanley Grove off School Rd which is where they now have the Arndale. We moved into a pre-fab in Ashbourne Crescent at Sale Moor when they had plans for the Arndale. My first job was at Boots ...Read more

A memory of Sale in 1964 by Janet Waller

My husband, Roger Watts, and his family lived in Castle St in the 1950's. The picture has a figure standing outside their front door (no.15) which could be his mother or older sister Linda. Can anybody shed some light on ...Read more

A memory of Aylesbury by Lesley Watts

I lived in Blenhiem Road, North Harrow in the 1950s and did a paper round covering a lot of North Harrow. During the late '50s I joined the Kenton Road Club and took up cycling seriously as a sport, we used to hang out at ...Read more

A memory of North Harrow by Ian Willis

My elder brother Peter was at Dockenfield School around 1944 and has similar bad memories of abuse whilst a student there. He had been placed in the school by well meaning parents to avoid the bombings of south east ...Read more

A memory of Dockenfield in 1940 by Christopher Farey