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When the pool froze over and we would become great ice skaters or ballerinas. We would go sledging on anything we could find on those banks, they seemed like snow covered mountains. We would climb and slide down so ...Read more

A memory of Bradley

I Lived in Bulford Camp from 1942 - 1958 and attended Wing School. The street the school was on was Bond St. A street of terraced corrigated iron houses, inhabited by civillian workers. My family and I returned in 1989 ...Read more

A memory of Bulford in 1958 by Brian Williams

I remember Welling Corner so well. My father owned the fish shop on the right and we lived in the flat over the shop. Welling then was a buzzing place and I used to love watching from my bedroom window. I still remember the shops; ...Read more

A memory of Welling in 1955 by Madeleine Marshall

(ex Auton). So many memories of my years at the Convent. I learnt to ride here, firstly at the old stables and then a new one was built at the end of the long drive-way behind, run by Miss Turnbull. Played tennis everyday, we ...Read more

A memory of Effingham in 1966 by Amanda Gardiol

I was one of the first pupils through the door at Corby Grammar School in 1955. I'd spent my first year at Kettering High School so was in the second year at CGS and I loved every minute from the day I first walked in. ...Read more

A memory of Corby by Pat Carlyle Aldaya Pat@Positivdesign.Com

Bracknell Swimming Pool was created by my Great Uncle Ernest Noyes who was married to my Great Aunt Mary Spong. Her niece Margaret Irene Spong who later married Jack Hayward was my mother and she used to take us here on the ...Read more

A memory of Bracknell by miss_devinette

We stayed in a small caravan the first holiday we had in Porthcawl during the miners fortnight holiday in June many years ago. Other wise it would be day or afternoon trips to Porthcawl and other seaside resorts along the South Wales coast . ...Read more

A memory of Porthcawl by Brian Neale

I remember travelling from Dover to Folkestone pool when I was about 7 years old. We thought it was very exciting, and I can remember queuing at the turnstile to get in and where the temperature of the water ...Read more

A memory of Folkestone by Karen Elleray

I started to work at Middi baths in 75 as a lifeguard. It was an old run down building but still had a lot of character, the pool was 33ft by 10ft and 10ft deep at the deep end. It wasn't just a pool because on days past, the ...Read more

A memory of Middleton by Lennie Capuano

I can remember swimming here as a child. It was very beautiful and tranquil. It was also unique. I have tried to explain to my daughter what it was like and found your picture on the web site. It is sad also to see photos of it in a ...Read more

A memory of Hayfield in 1958