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When we moved to Corby in 1949, Rockingham Road was the main shopping area. At the corner was Tipaldis Ice Cream Parlour where my cousins would take me after Church on Sunday mornings. I'd later go there with my Boy Friend- oh yes- Tipaldis was THE place to go!

A memory of Corby by Moira Jones

As I remember the Almshouse have stood on the corner of George St and North End .Wilsons coffee shops were in North End and George St-also in Purley The photo of Surrey St in 1955 might show a stall selling gramoohone records ran ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by rogerpage0

Hello, I was born in Cairns square Buckhaven in 1949, sadly demolished in the early 60's I think. My gran lived there - I was born in her house before she moved to Bayview overlooking the bay and Mc Duff castle in the ...Read more

A memory of Buckhaven in 1960 by Robert Adams

I was born in Palace Road in 1940. I remember the bombing and in particular sitting on the steps watching a doodlebug fly over. The area was eventually evacuated and we, with others, were sent to Wimslow, near Manchester. On ...Read more

A memory of Beckenham in 1944 by David Lee

How different we can be! I absolutely did not like Sister Veronica at Our Lady's Junior School, she frightened me to death. I remember Sister Anthony and Sr Hilda and they took us to Gerrards Cross where their order had a ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1952 by Polly Short

Hello Peter, Just discovered your 'Dunsmore: People And Places Remembered' Mark Two here on the 'net. Good to know you're still active (and, I hope, well). I stumbled across the ...Read more

A memory of Dunsmore by Nick Ford

I was a deceamer in the steelworks, I left to go to America in 1976. I loved Corby, I would never have left if circumstances had been different, but at that time 47% were out of work, and I would have been one of ...Read more

A memory of Deenethorpe in 1955

Hi to anyone who remembers St Clare's Convent in the 1960s. I was there at this time with my sister and two brothers. We were the Davies family in Sister Xaviers group. Other groups were cared for by Sister ...Read more

A memory of Pantasaph in 1960 by Rosemary Burdass

I lived with my family in Burns Drive, Corby, until I was about six. Our house backed onto the playing fields of Rowlett Road School and my grandparents lived on the corner of Rowlett Road and Tanfields Grove. I can remember ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1955 by Linda Briggs

Just to the left of the picture, the junction of Elizabeth Street with Cottingham Road had a bollard in the middle. Coming home from band practice by bike (Corby Silver Band used an old stone building, perhaps once a barn in the 'old ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1962 by David Walker