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Childhood Days

                                    Wrottesley Park 92 Wrottesley Park, it was a nice address, a suggestion of elegance perhaps, a hint of grandeur even. However there was nothing grand about the place we lived in even though ...Read more

A memory of Wrottesley Park in 1952 by Kathy Daulman

Paras At Watchfield In The 1950s

Yes, I lived on the Watchfield housing estate from 1952 to 1953. Large numbers of paras and their equipment were dropped regularly at the airfield. Trainees jumped from large silver barrage balloons, but experienced ...Read more

A memory of Watchfield in 1953 by Geoff King

Winch Gliding With My Father

My father, Edward Wyatt, spent every spare moment he could flying his glider at Denham airfield. We lived in Higher Denham and used to get taken to the airfield many a Sunday. I was 6 in 1953, and I recall the taste of the ...Read more

A memory of Denham in 1953 by Jennifer Schinkel

Outsiders!

My family moved to Cannons Green from London in 1953. We were viewed with some suspicion as there were few outsiders at that time. Who were we, why had we come there?! When I started at the primary school in 1956 my dad would sometimes ...Read more

A memory of Fyfield in 1953 by Joan Johnstone

Childhood

I lived at the base with my parents my father was inspector in the naval police we had a bungalow just inside the main gates. I went to school in bowness a bus picked us up and dropped us off. in the evenings I was allowed to ride my bike ...Read more

A memory of Anthorn in 1953 by Diane Pryor

Hunter Aircraft

I was stationed at Wattisham during the period 1954/55 as an Inst: Mech. Flying at the time was Mk: 8 Meteors of 257 & 263 Sqdn's. I well remember the first Hunter to arrive, but not the exact date. The aircraft taxied ...Read more

A memory of Wattisham Airfield in 1954 by Ron Airey

My Time At Raf Thornaby

I was stationed at RAF Thornaby from March 1954 until early 1957 when I was promoted and posted to RAF North Luffenhan in Rutland in preparation for the Suez campaign, which never came to be. Sadly, that air base is ...Read more

A memory of Thornaby-on-Tees in 1954

Teenage Years Around Addlestone.

When we moved from Wales I lived at the fairly extensive Sayes Court Farm caravan park off Liberty Hall Lane, before we settled in Addlestone Park Ave (defined by the statues of knights at the top). At 15, I went to ...Read more

A memory of Addlestone in 1954 by Myra Greer Nee Griffiths

My Croydon Memories

My memories are relating to the mid 1950`s & 1960`s: smelling the ground coffee and Broomfields Bakers, C&A store, a boutique called `Bus Stop` and Martin Fords in the high street, where I bought my first leather coat. I ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1955 by Barbara Saunders

Early Times In Colindale

I was born after the war and lived in Sheaveshill Avenue until I was married in 1971. I lived in a house that which had the dubious distinction of being directly opposite to the Titanine paint factory on the other side of ...Read more

A memory of Colindale in 1956 by Ken Hunter

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