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When I was under 7 in the late 1950's my parents & I lived in Offerton cottages just down the road from what my mother used to call the "Pretty House". The couple who lived there were a Mr & Mrs Dowdswell ( I may ...Read more

A memory of Droitwich Spa in 1959

My father of 76 yrs has a problem. He has a photo of himself at the Margate winter gardens on a charity night, as he used to box for the army. He was in the boxing ring with a marine in 1957. He had the report ...Read more

A memory of Margate in 1957 by Allan More

I left Rubery when I was eight years old, about forty years ago, to relocate in Wales. I distinctly remember this street though, with the Fine Fare Supermarket, Colliers, and I think it was Kays shoe shop. Further on down the road ...Read more

A memory of Rubery in 1969

Does any remember the name of the funny little man who did gardening and maintenance. I think it was Ivan but not sure. 1958-1962

A memory of Camborne by Susan Porter

I remember walking through the old Castle Gardens on my first ever day at work at the old GPO office, 13-14 Wind Street in October 1976 - it was very pretty, unlike the concrete version that exists today.

A memory of Swansea

Living toward the end of Frank Bott Avenue, just before the circle where the road bends round into Rigby Avenue. With mum, Doreen, Dad, Cyril (he adopted Cyril as his first name because he didn't like the thought of his christian ...Read more

A memory of Crewe by Kevin Waine

I used to work in Thomas's arcade and I lived at old Hunstanton, so I would walk to work. I would always walk along the cliffs to go home, and it was on my way home one night at about 11pm that I noticed that the bell in the ...Read more

A memory of Hunstanton in 1968 by James Ryder Jones

My grandparents lived in Ditcheat; Sarah and Hubert Burrows. They had three daughters, Elisabeth (Bessie), Gertrude (Gertie), Pamela and also a son Mettford (Mett) Burrows. My mother Pamela, like her siblings, ...Read more

A memory of Ditcheat in 1952 by Pam Mears

My Grandfather was Lloyd George's gardener (I am not sure if he worked alone) from around 1923 to 1937 when he left to become Poultry Manager at Wye College in Kent. Grandad met Granma in Churt, she worked at the local pub, The ...Read more

A memory of Churt in 1920 by Martin Turrell

My maternal grandparents lived at Mostyn, Crabtree Lane. Mr & Mrs William (Bill) Jones. He was a builder; in the 1920's he worked in London and used to come down to build Mostyn at weekends, they finally moved in I ...Read more

A memory of Great Bookham in 1952 by Sarah Rashbrooke