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I lived on Long Street in Topcliffe 1958-1972 - opposite the old school, which is now a post office, and therefore on the other side of the road from this photo. I was excited by the fair, horses trotting along the road, smells, ...Read more

A memory of Topcliffe in 1969 by Jan Dickenson

I remember when I was just a young teenager... you could roam around the village and just about everyone knew you. I loved to wander down to Mill Stream Lane with my jam jar and fishing net and walk along the stream ...Read more

A memory of Watton at Stone in 1968 by Joy Abbato

My grandparents lived in Brant Broughton in the cottage next to the "Old Red Lion". I remember the farrier shoeing the horses, the cows going home to be milked at the dairy and then watching them being milked. ...Read more

A memory of Brant Broughton in 1958 by Janet Sale

Disappointed by a lack of reminiscenses here I, only this evening, asked a man (who turns out to have lived in the white house in the top left of the picture since 1917) if he had any memories.  I'm afraid all he came up with ...Read more

A memory of Farncombe by Andrew Fuller

Having discovered this site only recently many memories came flooding back, as reminded by the photo of Hale Lane where I helped out in the Kosher Deli as a kid. I lived in Lynford Gardens then in Glendale Avenue over a period of ...Read more

A memory of Edgware in 1964 by David Berg

These memories relate to about 1963-1966/7. My dad was a car salesman for more years than I care to remember, and worked at the car sales place in Bedfont. We knew a lot of people in the area (none, alas, on this site so far), ...Read more

A memory of Bedfont in 1963 by Steve Hamilton

In order to accommodate an addition to the family, my parents decided to move into an upstairs flat in Parker Street, Byker. The flat consisted of 3 bedrooms, a sitting room and a small room with a sink and gas cooker which served ...Read more

A memory of Byker in 1957 by Arthur Barnes

I am actually posting this for my son Dean.  We live in Los Angeles and were moving homes when I came across these pictures.  Dean lives in Scotland.   The boys according to the back of the photo are, left to right: top: Dean ...Read more

A memory of Croftinloan in 1985 by William Brady

I live in the USA, but my home was St Marychurch, a special place run by Catholic nuns during World War 2.  I was barely two years old, and I was brought there with my five-year-old sister by my aunt, because my father was ...Read more

A memory of St Marychurch in 1943 by June Gatewood

In 1962 I was in Cledwyn Evan's class at the primary school. In the Summer terms Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother used to visit King Edward's School in Witley, and Mr. Evans led his class to the roundabout to see her go by. He ...Read more

A memory of Milford by Mike Taylor