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For my sister, Carol, and I, Parkmill meant only one thing - Shepherd's Shop. The only place to buy ice cream and sweets and even the new 'Coca Cola'. We always stopped here on our way to and my aunt's wooden bungalow ...Read more

A memory of Parkmill in 1957 by Julia Cousins

My uncle Bill Wright lived & worked in Chester from the war period to 1963. He was a widower and had a damp old ground floor of a rather grand house beside the wooden bridge across the Dee. My Aunts , his sisters would go up from ...Read more

A memory of Chester in 1958 by Charles Wright

My memories as a child are walking over the army ranges from West Lulworth to Mewps (as a family group) after lunch on a Sunday to collect winkles for tea. I also remember beach combing on the shore of the bay and finding all ...Read more

A memory of Lulworth Camp in 1958

Coming across this picture sparked memories of such happy times I had as as a child spending my summer holidays in a chalet at Seaview. It was not unusual to stay for four or more weeks in one of the chalets and spend ...Read more

A memory of Swalecliffe in 1958 by Roger Steer

My brother and I attended the Convent as boarders from 1958 to 1961 after the death of our mother. We were pretty traumatised on our first day there but were gently looked after by the wonderful Sister Edith. I ...Read more

A memory of Bridport in 1958 by Emeric Molnar

Growing up in Hope Cove I often walked across the cliifs to Thurlestone Bay, with Kim our Border Collie and every time the view over the vast beach and that magical rock with a hole in it, never ceased to amaze me.

A memory of Thurlestone in 1958 by Jill Adair

I was born in North Shields and know all the photos shown ...was my school holidays. I married my husband, a Northumberland Fusilier from Haltwhistle in January 1959 and in April we left from Newcastle on ...Read more

A memory of Tynemouth in 1959 by Patsy Norman Nee Quinn

In the late 1950s we had a couple of holidays in Bracklesham bay, which was then a tiny, but growing village. I had never seen shops which were the equivalent of wooden shacks mounted on bricks. There were some modern bits; ...Read more

A memory of Bracklesham Bay in 1959 by Tony Steadman

Some months after I spent a holiday at Bryn Awelon, my aunt and uncle, Mary [Mamie] and John Herbertson, purchased their home, Haul a Gwynt, overlooking Criccieth Castle and Cardigan Bay. It was a delightful home, which can ...Read more

A memory of Criccieth in 1959 by Lorna Enslin

My father, William Westgarth, and his family lived in George Street, Willington Quay, for many years before moving to High Howden. My father worked at the slipway, then on to Swan Hunters ship yard; ...Read more

A memory of Willington Quay in 1959 by Carole Westgarth