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My memories are so many good times, I lived at the ice Rink on Beresford Terrace I skated there almost everyday. I would get so perturbed when the curling would start because they cut our skate space to quarter ice. Sunday was the day when ...Read more

A memory of Ayr by averilvestal

Here's another set of memories about Walhose Junior School as I promised. In 1955, I moved from John Wood C of E Infants up to the Church of England's own junior school which was located on the New Penkride Road. I ...Read more

A memory of Cannock by brucehaycock

From the age of about 5 (I'm now 69) I use to fish this lake for tench, carp and roach. Then in the winter of 62/63 I would ice skate on it from Boxing Day 62 to march 63 - what a winter that was. ...Read more

A memory of Southampton by rlbicker

Seems a lifetime away. I remember being in the Girl Guides 'marching' around the diocese in between 2 bands, then ending up back at St Thomas' Church Ardwick Green. Scallops that were really just large flat chips, ...Read more

A memory of Ardwick

Worked on the 5th/6th floor of Central House for several years in the late 60s /early 70s for the Inland Revenue. The 7th floor was occupied by Commercial Union Insurance Company and the 3rd and 4th floors by ...Read more

A memory of Bradford by d_brown6

When I was sixteen (1967) I worked at the Eaton Stud and one of the large paddocks was called the Crook of Dee ,each winter it would flood so was never used or able to be used for for grazing , the flooding was looked on as a ...Read more

A memory of Crook of Dee by allanperry1

I was born in 1940 and lived for the first 20 years of my life in Church Road Notholt, my grandfather built the house in which we lived together with many others in that road. I started school in 1945 in a wooden hall ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by roydenison

My wife & I stayed at the Harbour Lights Hotel in May 1969 for 4 days aged 22 & 24 - we have just Celerbrated our Golden Weddng Anniversary, and as we spend the winter months in Spain we stayed at a Hotel in Cadiz to ...Read more

A memory of Mevagissey by stuartandmargaret

I went to the School approx 1952-1957 firstly in the old School and then in the new school which was so modern and spacious- it had everything. The Gym was brilliant, albeit I wasn't very good. ...Read more

A memory of Sunbury

Memories of the old Portavogie by Lena McVea. I used to live facing the harbour and a newspaper item on late Robin Drysdale, former Mayor of Newtownards, brought back fond memories of him, as a young boy, sailing in ...Read more

A memory of Portavogie by lenamcvea