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Although I want to come back and add more odds and ends (and I will do), I had a message from someone I don't know, and in my reply rambled a little. It might be of interest..... The message was: ...Read more

A memory of Maesteg in 1965 by Nick Davies

My father was a teacher at Pyrford School when Len Cowie was the headmaster. I remember Mrs Jones and Mrs Bugler and Miss Mcdermot and Mr Stevens, who lived by the old school in Engliff Lane. I remember being privileged to sometimes ...Read more

A memory of Pyrford in 1965 by Adrian Bray Bray

In the 1960s, in my late teens, Bromley was the hub of my universe. I played in a local group - Paul and the Playboys (later 'The Machine' - I had a 1958 Ford Popular with 'The Machine' crudely ...Read more

A memory of Bromley in 1964 by Peter Hobden

I remember very fondly Woolwich market & town centre in the 60's & 70's. Cuffs department store always seemed so imposing with polished wooden floors, we had to go there to get my school uniform for Notre Dame Convent in ...Read more

A memory of Woolwich in 1964 by Deborah Marchese

I remember Woolwich town centre in the 1960's when I was a kid. In this picture I believe you can just see Garrets department store on the left which was a big rival to Cuffs department store a bit further back (out of shot). ...Read more

A memory of Woolwich in 1962 by Mark Stacey

Hi, I lived on Glen Faba in the 1960s from the age 5-10. I remember Stanley Hickin and his dad and their two big alsatian dogs. Fond memories of fishing in the River Lea, not knowing at the time near fields weir there was a island that ...Read more

A memory of Hoddesdon in 1961 by Danny Marr

I never got down Powys Street that often but loved to spend ages in 'Woolies' or the F.W. Woolworth Co. shop where they had row upon row of bunks full of all this marvelous stuff !!

A memory of Woolwich in 1960 by Dylan Rivis

I also remember Wrotham Road Centre and used to go dancing there, also the Embassy at Welling, my heart throb attended Townley Road for Girls (Sally Tollhurst), all this was around 1959 to 1962. Does anyone remember the ...Read more

A memory of Welling in 1959 by Christopher Smith

I was in the first intake to the school. My first teacher was Miss Roseberry for a while and then the lovely Mr Stevens. I lost my bus fare home and Mr Cowie gave me a lift home. I remember the plans to build a pool but we moved to ...Read more

A memory of Pyrford in 1958 by Julia Haldane

Rediffusion: about 1958 and onwards. This bombshell hit us like nought else, it meant no interference on our wireless. No more tuning in every ten minutes or so. It was A. B. C. D. E. F. You knew Radio Luxembourg was the station for ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1958 by Jimmy Burrows