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Seeing this photograph reminded me of the name by which we used to know this site, namely 'The Hut Grounds'. Nowadays it is mostly referred to as 'Bradda Glen Cafe', but in my childhood it was 'The Hut Grounds'! In the height of the ...Read more

A memory of Port Erin in 1962 by Anthony Archibald

My parents, brother and I moved to Loughton in 1959. Our next door neighbours (Mr & Mrs Angel) were already retired and called Loughton 'The Village'. My mum got a job working in the sweetshop next door ...Read more

A memory of Loughton by Julia Spicer

Researching family history led me to Charlotte Bradley and Josiah Hawkes from Great Waltham. They married in 1871. Charlotte was a servant to the Oddie family and Josiah was an agricultural labourer from a large ...Read more

A memory of Great Waltham in 1870 by Sandra Roberts

In 1959, my father, Cecil Archibald, was employed for the summer season as attendant at the swimming pool at Spaldrick, Port Erin. You could enter the swimming pool by paying a fee, for a day; for a week; for two weeks; for a month; or ...Read more

A memory of Port Erin in 1959 by Anthony Archibald

'The Hayward' sign was outside 'Haywards Cafe & Restaurant' which flourished until the 1960s when it successively became 'Delmontes', 'Pieros', 'La Ferola' and now 'The Blue India'. Going down the right hand side of the Broadway ...Read more

A memory of Haywards Heath

Who remembers Reginald Shakespear (Shakey) who lived in Broad Eye. He was a superb musician playing Sax and also Banjo. One of his banjos resided permanently in The Chains just off Market Square, where he would play and his "gang" sit round and ...Read more

A memory of Stafford by Michael Harnett

I was born in Sutton at Hone and lived there until I married in 1963. I remember many of the names recalled in the memories on this site. My maiden name was Bradley and I had two brothers David and Raymond. I went to school ...Read more

A memory of Sutton at Hone in 1940 by Mavis Fuller

I was born in 1950 at my grandparents house on Quebec Street, in the Werneth/Westwood area. I lived in Limeside at 86, Pine Tree Road and attended Limehurst junior school and then went on to Hollins Secondary school. Saturday always saw ...Read more

A memory of Oldham by Larry Walton

I was known as Beryl Pooley. I lived in Copley House from 1942 til 1954 or 1956, I can't quite remember. I remember Sutton Park where we went on Saturdays, wooding. The wood was for the fireplace. I remember being cold ...Read more

A memory of Sutton Coldfield in 1942 by Barbara J Patterson

I have just found this site and was amazed at the photo of the Welfare Hall circa 1960. My dad, Henry Dilkes, and his great friend Sid Robinson were the mainstays of the pantos in the early 1960s, with Henry mainly ...Read more

A memory of Goldthorpe in 1962 by Robert Dilkes