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I was sent to the convent after my Father died in 1953. My Uncle had been educated there many years previously. I can confirm the recollections that have been put here of the vicious way in which some of the Nuns treated ...Read more

A memory of Bridport by Alan Yardley

I first attended the Infant junior house from 1965 I was just over 2 nearly 3 when I went there. My Mother couldnt get a place for me in the Nursery in Wrexham which I think was Holt Rd. I remember quite a bit, I am ...Read more

A memory of Wrexham by williamsjal28

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 ...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 ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Martin Morgan

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

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

I was brought up in the Chuckery and so my friends and I regarded the Arboretum as our personal back yard and "'m going down the Arbo" was the usual refrain shouted to my mother in the school holidays. We usually entered ...Read more

A memory of Walsall in 1958 by Michele Alberto

In 1959 I moved with my mother and father from Portsmouth to Sunnyhill in Derby, an adventure at my age of only 10 years. My father was in the Ministry of Defence Police, and we settled into an address called Sunnyhill Camp, an ...Read more

A memory of Mickleover in 1960 by Peter Whyatt

Jennifer and I started our married life in South Wales in a little village called Caio, at that time all Welsh speaking. You may have gathered from my writings I was recalled back into the army for the campaign that was called The Suez ...Read more

A memory of Caio in 1956 by George Larbey

My mother came from Woodford Green. She met and married my dad when they were in the army. I would often go down with my mam to see my granda. I remember one particular time going with my cousin up to the forest at the top ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Green in 1961 by Jim Maxwell