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Went to St George’s school, had a best friend called Jennifer - she was always happy and laughing, but dippy - loved her, wish I could find her now, can’t remember her surname. So the school is still there but nothing ...Read more

A memory of Battersea

There was Norway Lodge opposite the Fox & Hounds and the primary school on Main Street but I have a memory of another. This was situated on Main Street just before the row of semi detached houses nearly next to the Co-op and ...Read more

A memory of Menston by Sandra Wade

What a fantastic website. So many fond memories. I moved to Croydon with my parents when I was two years old. Even in the mid nineteen fifties it would be considered a little too expensive to afford ones own camera, let alone ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Norman Allum

Oh what innocent days back in the 60/70’s. My best mate and I used to enjoy going to the C s of D once or twice a week. No alcohol on the premises, just non alcoholic beverages so very enjoyable, non aggressive evenings. If one ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Martin Morgan

Yes two big girls showed me how to get to school and then able to accompany my sister Veronica walking past demolished rows of houses. We lived at 603 I thought, I recall the singing games in the school yard such The big ship sailed ...Read more

A memory of Oldham

I can remember when Big Wesley was demolished to make way for the new "British Homestores", seems that things are turning full circle. It must have been in the late 1950`s when my pals and I used to play on the demolished ...Read more

A memory of Middlesbrough by ian.cromack296

I was born in Hallgarth Street in 1935 and christened in St. Oswalds Church along with my older sister Dorothy and all the Fox's. dads family were eight children all living in Hallgarth Street, Whinney Hill, ...Read more

A memory of Durham by karenobrien13

I started school in September 1945 at Farnworth C of E School in Pit Lane. When I started school my dad worked at the Co Op as "first hand" in various shops in Widnes. Our headmaster was Mr. Turton and he was an ...Read more

A memory of Widnes by nwsandland

I went to the old school just down the road from the new one; A teacher that I remember was called John Satterly. And a friend of mine lived opposite the headmasters school house he was called Tommy Rice. His father was an officer ...Read more

A memory of Newmarket by boycottcb

I attended Whitstone during the changeover from Secondary Modern to Comprehensive. It was quite a shock to me. I'd always been to small, private schools, & it seemed huge. I was also amazed & shocked by the bad ...Read more

A memory of Shepton Mallet by bru.enzer