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The BBC is looking at the day that Margaret Thatcher introduced the 'Right to Buy' scheme, allowing people in council houses to buy their own homes. The film will look at the benefits for several million people ...Read more

A memory of Romford in 1979 by Real Life Media

I was born in Maceado Square, Hunslet, not a blade of grass to be seen, the small house was behind Winterburns store, everyone shopped there, along with Cardis's pork butchers. Pub opposite. Trams stopped at Balm Road, Miggy was not ...Read more

A memory of Hunslet in 1930 by Roy Brining

I went to Fearns High School and passed the Hall every day, as school involved climbing a hill and using what was called the Cat Steps which was a path up the hillside constructed from all sizes and shapes of stones. A boy in my class lived at Fearns Hall, this was in the 1960s.

A memory of Stacksteads in 1960

I stayed in Horsforth (Fink Hill), for 10 days during the summer of 1976. The lasting memory I have of New Road Side is of the king prawn curries that I had from the Dearest Dear Chinese Take-Away. They were some of the best I have ever had.

A memory of Horsforth in 1976 by Rod Wells

Can anyone recall the sausage and mash shop on Pier Hill, a great favourite of mine as a young boy. I always remember the decor of a black and white tiled interior and long tables. If anyone can remember the shop's name, please reply.

A memory of Southend-on-Sea in 1969 by Mike Harrison

Imagine my delight as a child to discover there was a swimming pool on top of Box Hill! Although we lived in Sussex we would often have "days out" in Kent or Surrey. Box Hill was a favourite, and I remember a swim on a ...Read more

A memory of Box Hill by Anne Eastbury

Charles Westland with his wife, Isabella McTavish of Boleskine, Foyers, returned to Scotland from exile in Liverpool with his four young kids where he had been looking for work. He got work at the ...Read more

A memory of Kinlochleven by Morgan Findlay

We lived over the Express Dairy (opposite the Odeon) My early school days started in 1937 when Bandon Hill Infants were at Milton Road - we moved to Milton Road in 1935. The 654 Trolley bus route was nearby and ...Read more

A memory of Wallington in 1945 by Brian Phillips

I lived in Morcote Road when I was a little girl, and have memories of the schools I attended and the surrounding areas of Braunstone. I used to go to Bembow Rise School when I was quite small then moved on to Brausntone ...Read more

A memory of Braunstone Town in 1963 by Christine Brown Nee Pagett

I lived on the Lower Road between Hockley and Hullbridge between 1950 and 1967. Rayleigh was our local town. Before Woolworths was built, there was a garage on the site. I think it was called the ...Read more

A memory of Rayleigh in 1950 by Keith Donetta