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I moved to the high rise flats in 1972 and was glad to get one. The flats was new and had a lady to clean the stairs and front entrance every day. That would be hard to find today a cleaner to do that. the flats was 22 stories high. I ...Read more

A memory of Brentford End

I have wonderful memories of Pembroke Dock. We used to holiday there once a year at my mothers aunts. The first memories i have of holidaying there was in 1947 when I was 8 years old. The poor old town had taken a ...Read more

A memory of Pembroke Dock by stvgriffiths

The tythe barn was where we had gym lessons. I clearly remember climbing the rope ladder then hanging from one rung by my knees. I then grabbed the rung to swing down. Unfortunately Imy hand trapped several strands of ...Read more

A memory of Horley by pamela.fabianska

This photo rings back memories of delivering meat to nursing home on a bi weekly basis, In the 1960’s this hall was used as a nursing home and my dad supplied the meat. My memories were of the heat from the ...Read more

A memory of Guisborough by Robert Pallister

These memories have been contributed by Myra Greer. In 1947, when I was 7, my mother and I moved from Salisbury in Wiltshire where my father was stationed at RAF Boscombe Down, to near Llanfarian, where my grandparents had ...Read more

A memory of Llanfarian in 1947

I remember travelling from Dover to Folkestone pool when I was about 7 years old. We thought it was very exciting, and I can remember queuing at the turnstile to get in and where the temperature of the water ...Read more

A memory of Folkestone by Karen Elleray

We used to visit Sunderland when I was a child. Laurel Cottage had an orchard full of daffodils in spring, and whenever I hear Wordsworth's poem I'm taken straight back to the sight of all those daffodils ...Read more

A memory of Sunderland in 1952 by Sheila Mc Cann

Stainton was just a little grey village in the 50s, not posh like it is today. Everyone knew everyone else. My grandmother lived in a house with a stone slab with a well underneath and her father used to ...Read more

A memory of Stainton by Sheila Mc Cann

Building on left (large brick wall) was the Button Factory, entry at the back, mum said. At the left at the end of shops used to be tea total cafe or diner where she used to hang out. Good bakers to right further down. Mum used to ...Read more

A memory of Selsdon by Claire Cook

I remember going to Battersea park on Sundays and going in the paddling pool by the jungle. We used to make a day of it having a picnic there. Mum used to get us to save a place by the tennis court so we could hang our costumes up ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1962 by Susan Butler