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We stayed in a small caravan the first holiday we had in Porthcawl during the miners fortnight holiday in June many years ago. Other wise it would be day or afternoon trips to Porthcawl and other seaside resorts along the South Wales coast ...Read more

A memory of Porthcawl by Brian Neale

I fell from the campsite at saltwick bay onto the rocks and survived. It was in about 1961 whitsun holiday. We were staying there from Middlesbrough. Does anyone have any recollection of this and any reports? I have been back and it still looks the same.

A memory of Saltwick Bay by colin.goupillot

Does anyone remember the the big empty house over the plannie ?that we called the haunted hoose ,in the 1950,60 ,also the huge big rock we all used to sit on when we were youngsters,i think that it is a residential care home for the ...Read more

A memory of Carntyne

I remember the primary school and the little banks behind it which seemed huge to us then! We used to go mussel picking on the rocks and walk along the downs with buttercups and daisies, sadly now much reduced due to soil erosion. ...Read more

A memory of Bude in 1956 by Sheila Mc Cann

There stands the Craig, dark austere majestic, landmark to mariner, constant proud monastic. Lonely place viewed from afar, awesome place much to adore, volcanic rock in form and mode, midst jagged rocks the ...Read more

A memory of Kilbirnie in 1960 by John Allan

I was eleven when we moved into the new council estate, Aelybryn, in Esgairgeiliog. My mother had been born in Esgairgeiliog, and her mother was the local, unofficial, midwife of the village at the beginning of the ...Read more

A memory of Esgairgeiliog in 1956 by Delyth Jenkins

I used 2 go to the Imperial in the early 60,s allthe top bands Joe Brown Marty Wilde Screaming Lord Sutch. in fact every band. Remember Unit 4 + 2 at Cheshunt boys club. I went to The Imperial last year The Rock & Roll Club. Sadly no 1 i knew from my past.

A memory of Cheshunt by p_nichol

Sat Mar 20th 2021, at 3:22 pm Peter Tuthill commented: Yes, thanks for the photo of Smuggler's Cottage. It was criminal,wanton destruction to demolish it and throw up those totally characterless boxes. How planning permission was ...Read more

A memory of Portreath by Peter Tuthill

My grandmother used to live at the storey arms and ran the transport cafe which it was then and lorry drivers would sleep over in 1 of the many bedrooms while travelling on thier journey, Such an ...Read more

A memory of Storey Arms Centre by Patricia Rutter

I was born in Bromley, Kent in 1940.My childhood was spent alternating between my mother and father's house called, from memory, either Stafford or Stratford House, on the right hand side proceeding from the Chestfield ...Read more

A memory of Chestfield by Graham Smith