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Ronald Newell, my father, moved from Potters Bar to Hardwick in 1946. He bought Hardwick Service Station from his brother in law (Bert Croad), who owned it during the second world war. ...Read more

A memory of Hardwick in 1950 by Martin Newell

My earliest memories are of East Harlsey where my father was an undergardener at the Hall. The owners were the Constantine family, whose business was something to do with shipping in the North East. We lived in a tied cottage ...Read more

A memory of East Harlsey in 1950 by Keith Wood

I remember my childhood in Salford very well. We lived on Clarendon Road and I went to Liverpool Street Girls' School. The headmistress was a Mrs Chrighton and the music teacher was a Miss Jones. We used to walk to school and ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1950 by Anne Atkin

In our early teens we used to go to the Nell Gwynne, upstairs in the 'coffee bar' where we had what I believe was the worlds first Nickelodeon (manual version). We paid the lady 3d, I think it was, and she put our favourite record on the ...Read more

A memory of Epsom in 1950 by Brian Robinson

We moved to Southampton in early 1950 just after the trams had stopped running - some of the rails were still there. Above Bar along with much of the town had been badly bombed in the war and there were many bomb sites on ...Read more

A memory of Southampton in 1950 by Revel Partington

I used to go once a month to the Empire Theatre and remember seeing Harry Secombe and many other stars. I wonder if anyone remembers the teen bar on Heeley Bottom. I also used to spend many happy nights in ...Read more

A memory of Sheffield in 1950 by Ralph Goss

I've visited the old place several times and where I was born and lived has gone! I was born at no.1 West Terrace in 1950, then moved across the road to Gladstone house on Station Road. My dad, Reg Wright, had a printing ...Read more

A memory of Hesleden in 1950 by Wendy Wilson

My first memory was going to school from Pen-y-Ball and being tought by Mrs Daisy Jones, Eluned Jones, Mr Bellis (the headmaster) and Mr Yeomans who we all loved, and also attending Sunday School every Sunday was a ...Read more

A memory of Brynford in 1950 by Ann Hughes

The day after our trip to London, I woke in the morning and was told to immediately get dressed and put on my new shoes and overcoat by mother. We dropped Bernard at Aldersbrook School and then caught a bus into Wanstead Tube Station, ...Read more

A memory of Purley in 1950 by Gordon Mays Baird

We were the Clarks who lived at 'Cotswold' Nine Mile Ride, out of Wokingham. I would sit on our front gate with pencil and paper taking number plates of cars going past to California. My mother rode her bicycle to work in Wokingham, ...Read more

A memory of Wokingham in 1950 by Judy Macdonald