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I loved working at Woolies, I was on the sweet counter. Sometimes we would swap some choc for a few biscuits..naughty but nice. Mr Lee was the manager, bit of a tarter at times, but I liked him. I remember stock-taking as I almost missed ...Read more

A memory of Redditch in 1964 by Vivien Prideaux

I spent from 1958 to 1963 living in Llanilar at a house named Glanhaul, at the time it was owned by a local farmer Lloyd George. I spent many wonderful holiday time at the farm Glarafon, tenanted by Will and gwen Jones, and returned ...Read more

A memory of Llanilar in 1960 by Keith Harvey

My family moved to Handley in 1947 and I spent the rest of my childhood there. Our family name is Harris and my parents were Drs Paul and Zoe , they had five children. We lived off the road to Deanland. I never could ...Read more

A memory of Sixpenny Handley in 1950 by Nicola Campbell

Has any one got any photos of the Bold Heath Transport Cafe in the 60's? In which I spent many an overnight stay whilst I was driving for Babycham from Shepton Mallet in Somerset.

A memory of Bolder Hall in 1961 by Maurice Berryman

I lived in what is now Mansion Close from 1978 (when I was born!) to 1995 or so. There was a picture of the mansion in a book of old photos of Burges Hill, but I can't find it now sadly. It looked fairly forbidding in ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill

How many of us as fresh faced five year olds, on our very first day at school, look around the classroom and think ‘will any of these children be classed as ‘true’ friends fifty years from ...Read more

A memory of Groby in 1961

We took our children every year from 1968 till 1976. There was a building near the beach behind Kinmel Bay which has diamond shaped leaded windows. Does anyone have a photo please? We stayed at Winkups too.We went to the club every ...Read more

A memory of Towyn by Carol Ford

I worked at Fine Fare and the Landport Drapery Bazaar in 1970/71 and was a member of the Tricorn Club on top of the Tricorn. My favourite locals were the Coxs Hotel and the Casbah Pub both in Charlotte St. The landlord ...Read more

A memory of Portsmouth in 1971 by Chris Evans

...how prominent the church was in the 1965 landscape, before the trees grew. I was a choirboy at St Mildreds in 1965 and used to live in Kingscote Road throughout the 1960s and into the 1970s. 2s6d fee for weddings, I recall. 90 ...Read more

A memory of Addiscombe in 1965 by Keith Phair

I was born 5 Monica Street in 1943, my earliest memory is of a huge hound leaning over me - for some reason I wasn't frightened. In my twenties looking through some photos with my mum I found my hound, a very small terrier which ...Read more

A memory of Maesteg in 1943 by Janice Rose Nee Mordecai