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The Majestic Cinema
Between the tree and the cinema you can see the roof and top floor of one of the blocks of flats in Armfield Crescent so we did not live far from the cinema. When we were small we were given a shilling to go to the Saturday ...Read more
A memory of Mitcham in 1963 by
Saturday Morning Pictures Etc
I lived on the border of Belvedere and Erith, just off Parsonage Manor Way and used to travel to Erith by bus. I remember as a child of about 8-10 taking the 122a into Erith to go to the Odeon, Saturday Morning ...Read more
A memory of Erith by
Going To School
I walked past this clock every day on my way to school. Down past the clock on the left was a news agent where I learned to shoplift. Almost every day I would steal from them and never got caught. I also started stealing ...Read more
A memory of Chalfont St Peter in 1963 by
Opening Of Albert Park
My great grandfather, Mark MIDGLEY was a member of the First North Yorks Artillery Volunteers. He was in number four battery for 11 years where he rose to the rank of sergeant-major. I have news paper cuttings of him ...Read more
A memory of Middlesbrough in 1860 by
The Street Where L Was Born
l was born in the flat above the chemist shop in 1947. Arthur Walker was the pharmacist. We moved over the road to Cross Keys House in 1950 and lived there till 1965. The street was my playground, with best ...Read more
A memory of Allendale Town in 1947 by
Growing Up
I was born in Stepney and grew up in Hatherley Gardens. Fond memories of Brampton Junior School and especially Miss Aylward and Mr Price. Went on to the Grammar School and spent lunch wandering up and down the high street with a bag ...Read more
A memory of East Ham in 1970
Pinner Fair
I will add my memories of Pinner Fair while I am able. 1946 and in my last year at Potter St School. A youthful man dressed in a sort of "cowboy outfit," faced a young woman spread against a board. He threw several axes each side of ...Read more
A memory of Pinner in 1946 by
Shops And Shopkeepers In East Street ....St Marys Hall..
I remember the pram/toy shop on the corner, there was also a fabric shop - I think it was where Famished sandwich bar was (can't remember what it is called now..) I could buy a piece of ...Read more
A memory of Shoreham-By-Sea in 1968 by
When I Joined The Royal Air Force 22nd May 1952
I attended the Presbyterian Church Rossett Primary School in Station Road before attending the new school near Tom Bishop's shop, where I first bought my first cigarettes, Willy Woodbines, 5 for a ...Read more
A memory of Rossett in 1952 by
Woodlands Holiday Camp Swimming Pool
I was brought up in Kemsing at the foot of the Downs and we children would walk up to Woodlands Holiday Camp to swim for a shilling or so. On a fine weekend you could take your swimming things and some ...Read more
A memory of Sevenoaks in 1960 by
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There were plenty of inexpensive boarding houses charging only a shilling or two per night.
The pier had something for everyone: for a shilling, one could have a session of 'Character Reading: Head, Face & Hand'.
In 1978 the grounds were used for building and the development known as Hill House Close was born.
Like Greek waiters standing outside their tavernas, crewmen do their best to tempt tourists into parting with a shilling or two.
The currency of the time was pounds, shillings and pence, with 20 shillings to a pound, and 12 pennies to a shilling: a fifty shilling suit would be the equivalent of £2.50 in decimal currency.
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