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My grandparents also lived at Diplock Cottage next door to the Sandys Arms pub. It was a church cottage which was rented out to those from the community who had undertaken some notable service for the parish of St Nicholas. My ...Read more

A memory of Chadlington in 1977

Great to read comments from Lynn Reynolds about Rochester Dwellings. When I was 5 to 6 years old (195O..ish), I lived in the 'dwellings' with my grandparents in 'R' Block. There were some of the first ...Read more

A memory of Walker by David Armstrong

My Mum had a brother living at 'South View', Stoke Fleming and we spent many holidays with his family. There was an outside row of toilets with long wooden seats and you had to get a pail of water from the well next to ...Read more

A memory of Stoke Fleming by Sheila Ayling

My friends and I went to the Silver Blades on Fridays to skate & see the groups in the 1960's. After skating wenwould then go upstairs to the Bali Hai for our one vodka and lime. Once we became involved with Freddy Starr ...Read more

A memory of Streatham by panda177

My father, Luigi Cascarini, opened and owned The Silver Lounge from 1939 until he retired in 1966. All his family including my self (Maria) worked there for many years. I would love to know if anybody out there has a photo of the front of the shop. No one in the family as one. Maria Richardson

A memory of Bexley by mariarichardson

‘BARNSLEY BEAUTY’ – THE RE-DISCOVERED ANCESTRY OF A VIOLIN! from KEN SILVER Since my early years as a music teacher in the district of Hunslet Carr, South Leeds in about 1970 I have been - ...Read more

A memory of Barnsley by ken.silver

A DEVIZES GIRL REMEMBERS Before talking of my own memories, it would seem appropriate to start by sharing some valuable ones of my Father who was born in 1906 and spent his whole life in the town. During the last five years of his ...Read more

A memory of Devizes by riversd10000

In the mid 1950s when I was about six or seven years of age my parents took me on a holiday to a farmhouse just outside Nevern, the farm was owned by a couple named Thomas. They were then from photos I have, probably in their ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Derek Stocker

I began my school days during the 1950's at Brampton Road Primary School, Bexleyheath. My over-riding memory is a time of innocence, wonder and happiness, where we were given freedom to learn and be creative in a ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by Bernard Schofield

Neat gardens of squares of box hedging kept very small and neat, both sides of the path from the road to shop, these squares full of striking displays of red and yellow flowers changing with the seasons, ...Read more

A memory of Tantobie