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My family lived in Perranporth from 1963 to 1967 when we moved to Goonhavern 3 miles away. There were six of us children and, in town or 3 miles away, we all looked forward to the CSSM coming during our school holidays. ...Read more

A memory of Perranporth by mike.feehan

From Bury to Porthtowan in those days was a long hard drive, especially with three screaming kids in the back. To make it easier we would set off at 2am and drive through the night... in those days less than half the distance ...Read more

A memory of Porthtowan in 1973 by Raymond Hay

My name is Terry Hendy. I attended Suntrap school from 1956to 1961. I have very happy memories of the school and although away from home I was very well looked after and fed well. 1 saw the photo of Mr Brooks and Mr Campbell ...Read more

A memory of Ledbury by Terry Hendy

This road was one which was mainly used to pass through Eastry. We used to take the 87 to Dover or Ramsgate/Margate, or the 13a bus to Deal or Canterbury. The 76 to Deal and Staple. To the right was the big-time first ever supermarket! Of ...Read more

A memory of Eastry in 1962 by Michael Mitchell

We lived in a block of flats, Weihurst Court, Carshalton Rd. This was at the top of Ringstead Road, where the trolley buses came up this steep hill. As a child it was fun to watch when the arms of the trolley came off the ...Read more

A memory of Sutton in 1943 by Peter Russell Shurmer

My parents were Gerald and Phyllis Smith, we lived in Goldsel Road from about 1939/40, having moved from 'Crescent Gardens'. My father worked at Philip Ladds Nurseries, which was owned and run by his uncle Philip. My father ...Read more

A memory of Swanley in 1940 by Gerald Smith

I was born in portrush in 1961 to a Mr &Mrs Billy Ganley I'm one of 5 children at the time and we lived in causeway street, my father had been living in Portrush for some years before he married my mum with the bundell family who ...Read more

A memory of Portrush by gailgill2007

I grew up in Fazeley along with my little brother Glenn. Some of my best memories would be of the good summers we used to have when we would spend most of the school holidays swimming and fishing in the brook at Brook End. We would dam up ...Read more

A memory of Fazeley in 1962 by Michael Wright

I have very fond memories of the childrens pool in Lee-on-the-Solent where I used to live between 1960 to 1966.  Many summer days were spent at the pool which was located adjacent to the beach. I remember I learned to swim ...Read more

A memory of Lee in 1965 by Rosemary White

We often went to the 'Beach' on the banks of the Thames, near to the swimming pool in the 1950's. My Aunt DeDe , My Mam and Cousins, Billy & Keith Taylor' ,they lived in The Avenue' and my siblings would spend the ...Read more

A memory of Sunbury