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Green Ayre railway station on the left, with the Greyhound Bridge curving across the river. The bridge is now a road bridge. Most of the station is Sainsbury's supermarket, car park, and a riverside park "heritage centre".

A memory of Lancaster in 1958

I was born in Drongan in Ayrshire, but every holiday we had we came to stay with my Gran and Papa, Ruby and Hugh Meudell. We were always so excited to be going"home." When we got out of Kirky on the bus we were glued to the ...Read more

A memory of Queenzieburn in 1968 by Catherine Spiers

Gunsite Farm was at the end of Limekiln Lane, which was a dirt track. On the left were a row of cottages, on the right, bigger semi detatched where the better off lived. The Alan Rutherford family, (loads of them), Brian Cummings, ...Read more

A memory of Fawley in 1958 by Mick Reynolds

Hi, oh how I remember Talacre,1965 August. I was only 11 years old and my mum and dad had booked a holiday for myself, my brother and my cousin. The accomodation was like a garage with curtains and beautifuly clean inside, it was ...Read more

A memory of Talacre in 1965 by Brian Scarratt

I left school and went to London to work, but wanted to work locally so I went to the Tech on a funded course, you got paid a little bit of money for 1 yr to learn more office skills, including shorthand - this was in ...Read more

A memory of Chadwell St Mary by Diane Brooks

We use to be in the same class at school singlegate at colliers wood.

A memory of Mitcham by e.reeves90

Hi my name is Dorothy Crawford. I lived in Hansel from 1997 til 1991. My room was a beautiful chalet, in a block called Ferguson House, it was all wooden and easy to clean. The views from my window was lovely green ...Read more

A memory of Hansel Village by lcstom

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

As a boy I spent all my school holidays working in the cattle market at stranraer on a Friday ,Newton Stewart on a Wednesday ,Ayr mart on a Tuesday ,and helped at the furniture sales ,really enjoyed this .my pay was 5 bob a ...Read more

A memory of Stranraer by silverr8

I lived in St Richards road and was evacuated to Allerton Yorkshire during the war. When we returned I was 12 1/2 yrs old but soon made friends at Southwick girls school and had a boyfriend Peter Morris, is he still around? I am ...Read more

A memory of Fishersgate by maviscurley