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I was born in Hornsey in 1940. Returning from evacuation in S.Wales in 1944, I went to Highgate Primary School for a short time, before moving to 141 Crouch Hill (now demolished) and attending Rokesley Infants School & Crouch End ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey in 1945 by Alan Carter

Every year we set off from York for a two week holiday at Thornwick Bay. We used to travel by bus, and I well remember the bus always used to breakdown at the top of Garrowby Hill. Everyone had to get off the bus ...Read more

A memory of Thornwick Bay in 1956 by R Clive Ankers

I spent two years and three months on Florence Gibson ward (1950-1952) and was hoping to visit the hospital when I returned to visit Liverpool. I'm sorry to know that it has closed. The first half of the ward ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1950

Does anyone remember the swimming pool and cornfield at Purley Way, Waddon. I used to live in Goodwin Road. I also remember the orchard behind the cornfields where we rode our track bikes. I'm 72 years old now. Happy days....

A memory of Croydon in 1950 by Eric Clark

I was a grateful and keen swimmer as a child at the village. It was a delight to go and spend long summer days at Martins pool. I taught myself to swim dive and nearly drown. Many of my friends ...Read more

A memory of Waltham St Lawrence in 1957 by Janet King

who remembersRingwood swimming pool? How much did it cost to go in and how much to rent a basket?

A memory of Ringwood

We were living in 97dabbs hill lane. My dad won the pools(274.oo) at the time a lot of money .He bought probably the first car in the street! I had two brothers john .a bit of a baddie! And Dennis who was gay. Both of them dead now as ...Read more

A memory of Northolt in 1950 by Gina (Gloria) Allam (Carpentier)

Pete Waters was head teacher of Donington Cowley Endowed School and I was a pretty new head teacher in Boston. We agreed to take a party of children from both our schools to PGL Llyn Filly, ...Read more

A memory of Donington in 1982 by Eddie Mc Geown

There were air raid shelters in the playground immediately in front of the school and there may have some across the road,but I cannot recall them at this time distance. My teachers were, Miss Poole, Mrs Murphy and Miss ...Read more

A memory of Braintree in 1945 by Robin Wilkins

Was anybody with me when we broke into the grounds of this posh girls' school sometime in the mid Sixties? Full of beer and revolutionary fervour,we intended to swim in their open-air pool. It must have been ...Read more

A memory of High Wycombe in 1966