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In the late 50's I moved to Rochford Road, just a few hundred yards from the airport. My dad, had learned to fly in Canada during the war and was now back working as a booking clerk for British Rail at Prittlewell. As a ...Read more

A memory of Southend Airport in 1958 by Colin Prentice

I first saw the spaceship ride when I was eight. Myself and two sisters, Audrey and Janet lived at Whitby Road Childrens' Home (formely Whitby Road Union Workhouse). In short, our family had been broken apart by ...Read more

A memory of Scarborough in 1953 by Eric Kendall

Hi, My family used to holiday in a caravan on Ty-gynn (sorry unsure of the spelling) camp site, we holidayed there from the late 1960's to about 1974. The caravan belonged to the mother of a work mate of my late father, the ...Read more

A memory of Towyn in 1968 by Rosemary Sleigh

I was born in 1947, and can remember at 5 years old going on the horse rides with me sister, we got photos too.

A memory of Croydon in 1955 by Jeanie Gillam

I met my husband of 41 years back in the 60's, I lived in Shirley, a very new housing estate then, called Shrublands. We used to ride around Croydon and Norbury on his scooter and often visited the Tarentella ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1963 by Christine Weeks/ Nee Cox

Born in the Green Maternity Hosp 1954, lived in Windsor Drive, Howden, Sandown Gardens, Howden and Prospect Ave. I remember being taken to the Masons Arms at Bigges Main in a pushchair, parked outside the corrugated iron lean to ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend by Barry Hislop

I was born on 5th July 1948, we lived in one of the houses behind the Wheatsheaf hotel. Our neighbours there were the Wilcocks and the Browns. My Dad, worked as a driver for a furniture company and a coalman and I remember he ...Read more

A memory of Queensbury by Ian Turner

In the 50s/60s we would go and spend the day on the Wrekin. We would cycle from our home on Charlton Hill and leave our bikes at the Forest Glen (no need to lock them up) and make our way up the first part of the climb which was quite ...Read more

A memory of Donnington by Margaret Clutton

I lived in 71 Hailsham Road off of Straight Road till we sadly moved in the April of 1971. I always remember; the Grammar School, at the back of Appleby Drive we used to have Saturday fetes with the small steam train ride, ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1967 by Mark Tate

My parents moved to Wimbledon Broadway in the 1950's. They had a restaurant next door but one to the Gaumont cinema. Between us was a pub and then the restaurant we owned, it was called the Elite Restaurant, if it had any ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon in 1950 by Chris Nicola