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Every Saturday morning my brother Frank and sister Lorna and I were there for the children's matinee so much fun. We were born during WWII and I remember how close our neighborhood was and the Odeon was part of it. When I got a little ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1950 by Jennifer Bibb

My nan and grandad ran the Three Colts pub in Princes Road in the 1950s, their names were John and Alice French. They had three children, the eldest daughter being my mum, her name was Audrey, then there was David and ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1958 by Mark Brazier

I was born in Luton at the St Marys Grove Road Maternity home in 1959. My parents had moved to Luton in 1949 following my paternal grandmother who had been bombed out of the East End. We lived on Humberstone Road, me and my ...Read more

A memory of Luton

My father Archie Jewkes born in 1916, told us he and his brothers and friends all learnt to swim in the Severn. He said they used to swim across it and back regularly. I don't know if it was from this point though. It seems ...Read more

A memory of Worcester by Jennifer Jewkes

My name is Phil Kincaid, born in 1962. I attended Swanley Comp for most of the seventies and it was a brilliant school. It suited me down to the ground. The teachers there encouraged individuality and nurtured my artistic nature. The visual ...Read more

A memory of Swanley by philk.arts

All the buildings on the left of the picture (nearly all Co-Op shops) were demolished to make way for the new Arndale Centre (now Swangate). Most of the local population still mourn the passing of this part of the old town. The ...Read more

A memory of Wellingborough in 2007 by Mick Austin

My parents owned the Tip Top Cafe which was on the right of the picture where you can just see a parade of shops with flats above, which is where I was born. The bus stop in the forefront is where I used to catch ...Read more

A memory of Hook in 1961

My mother in law, then Marie Elizabeth Burston born 1921 in Wales, whilst in service at Hartlebury House used to go to church every Sunday morning. The postman played the big organ. Every morning she had to give him and the gardener ...Read more

A memory of Painswick in 1930 by Peter Royal

When I was 7-8 yrs old, my parents took me on regular visits to Barton Mills, where we had relatives. We drove from our home in Norfolk. This was in the 1960’s. I had a great uncle there, called Ron. I don’t remember his ...Read more

A memory of Mildenhall by Tim Bird

My grandparents owned a beachfront bungalow and every summer from the year I was born, 1960, to when they sold it in 1970, we spend summers there. Does anyone remember the trampoline compound, where you could also hire ...Read more

A memory of Jaywick by jmscowen