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These were the two weeks that my family would look forward to every year throughout the 60's, for this was the time when we would hire a caravan on the Blue Anchor site. I went back there last week ...Read more

A memory of Seasalter by alistair.burford

I went to Old Basing school slightly later, in 1962,and I remember school dinners as being dreadful, the dinner ladies were so strict that you did not dare not to eat your meal, they even reported to my ...Read more

A memory of Old Basing by qualityincornwall

Me and my then little brother remember great excitement when a snake was discovered in the pool. I also seem to remember although a little hazy, a few chosen children were invited to Mr & Mrs Jones's private apartment to watch some TV. ...Read more

A memory of Northaw Place by wendy

I was born in Hollow Road in 1944. I then lived in Forest Gate and Cropston Road where I lived until I got married in 1966. I have one brother Bill and two half brothers Charles and Keith and two half sisters Susan and Jane. I ...Read more

A memory of Anstey by patshort1

I remember at the age of twelve 1957 swimming across the river from Hylton road over to the racecourse to watch the racing on a Saturday afternoon. Five of us used to swim out to the pleasure steamers as they went up ...Read more

A memory of Worcester by douglpaulin

An Uncle of my fathers Tom Maylett was the park keeper and lived at Cripplegate House and we used to visit when we went to the park and the paddling pool which was where the road is now,he had greenhouses to do all the plants fir the bedding displays,the house always had a very musty smell to it

A memory of Worcester by shufflercaz

Mitcham County Grammar School for Boys Remembered Memory is a selective thing, the best is easy, but the mind glosses over the worst. Some things recollected as certainties turn out to be not quite so. These are ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Jack Simmons

I have many happy memories of holidays spent at Dhoon from about 1934 to 1940, when I was under ten years old. My parents had visited the Isle of man for many years before I was born and had discovered Dhoon on those visits. We used to ...Read more

A memory of Dhoon by pandcvenour

I lived at no.3 Naccolt cottages 1940/45 and walked every day to Brook school and remember well the Ms Avery and Cooling , these were the best years of my childhood -- and learnt a lot too ! I have visited a few times since and really not ...Read more

A memory of Brook by shelan92

TBA (tech block a) was a very large building so much so that people often got lost. There were four hangars East West North and South. In each hangar there was a technicl control and documents office which was ...Read more

A memory of Heathrow Airport London