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Does anyone remember the Auld Hoose at the Back o the Isle in Ayr. It was behind the Clydesdale Bank in the High Street in the Fifties. My granny used to take me in there for her wee snifter of gin on a Saturday. I think there used to be a bit of a ...Read more

A memory of Ayr by Roy Smith

St Quivox had a primary school in the 1950s and while my family lived in farm cottages near Prestwick airport, my brother and I attended the school. The only two teachers were a married couple but I cannot remember their names. We ...Read more

A memory of St Quivox in 1952 by Jennifer Gilmour

A large underground air raid shelter was built on the roundabout on Studfall Avenue near the Open Hearth pub. I'm not sure the shelter was ever used. When playing on it with friends I used a very mild swear word. I was overheard by a ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1940

My great-gran Lizzie Mcgill had a shop at 54/56 King Sstreet, Ayr. If anyone remembers or has pics of her or the shop could you please leave a post. Thanks.

A memory of Ayr in 1930

I was put into care at Violet Ayres Lodge in 1958 with my two brothers, John and Peter. When we first went there the houseparents were Tom and Iona Leslie. Some of the names I remember were George Howe, Michael Hill, Johnny ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1958 by Jim Saunders

I was stationed at RAF Waddington as a Senior Aircrafts Woman In Air Traffic Control and remember the Vulcan Bomber well. They filmed the James Bond movie 'Thunderball' while I was there. I used to babysit ...Read more

A memory of Reepham in 1964 by Christine Thomson

Hello, my name is Mick Turnbull. I was born in 1957 and lived at 1, Cairns Avenue. My parents were Robert Davison Turnbull and Jean Turnbull. My mother's parents were Adam and Nellie Chirnside and had lived in the same house ...Read more

A memory of Longhirst in 1965 by Mick Turnbull

I well remember my school days at Watford Chater Junior School from 1957 to 1964, getting sick from drinking to much school milk, as class milk monitor with my friend Victor Oliver. Getting a splinter in my bottom, ...Read more

A memory of Watford in 1964 by Andrew Jennings

We Joined Bradwell Bowling Club after I couldn't walk properly owing to a bad accident in Wales a couple of years before. I thought I could manage the bowling. It was a lovely sunny Sunday afternoon when John (my late husband) and I ...Read more

A memory of Bradwell in 1976 by Elsie Hollis

I too went to Oak Bank Open Air School and remember Miss Bremner well - she seemed to be particularly kind to me, but maybe she was to all the charges in her care! I remember in particular the camp beds put out on warm days on ...Read more

A memory of Seal in 1952