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First holiday away without mum and dad. Not yet eighteen and big wories about being served in The Kinmel, crikey, they served anyone! The gang included Nick Worsley, Chris Booth, Pete Clough, Sally Taylor and many more whose ...Read more

A memory of Moelfre in 1975 by Paul Selby

When dad got out of Royal Navy at the end of the Second World War he took a job as a coastguard and was stationed at Bamburgh. The coastguard lookout was on the east side of the castle and a great deal of his duties in those ...Read more

A memory of Bamburgh by Derek Hardy

The Rock Inn will alway have a special place in my heart. As a small boy I would spend as many holidays as I could staying at my uncle and aunt's pub The Rock Inn. In 1959/60 I would have only been five years old ...Read more

A memory of Waterrow in 1960 by Julian Bishop

Have returned to Cornwall to try tracing some of the ancestors through graveyards and the Mormon Centre. Also found a brilliant library in Redruth on the day we were going home and found written info on John Carter ...Read more

A memory of Prussia Cove by Clare Brown

I was born in Glyncorrwg in 1963. I moved to Hereford with my parents (Warren and Sylvia Jones) in 1967. During school holidays I used to visit my gran and aunt. I have memories of sheep wandering in the streets. My gran would take ...Read more

A memory of Glyncorrwg in 1970 by Donna Carlton

I have many happy, if rather boozy, memories of Downderry! I first went there in 1983 until my final visit in 1996, where I had 12 fantastic holidays there, most of the time in glorious sunshine. I went with my parents each year ...Read more

A memory of Downderry by Christopher Whittle

Between 1955 and 1960, on various visits to Scarborough, I and my brother spent many happy hours, at little cost I might add, swimming and playing around the South Bay Pool. In fact it is most likely that I have family photo's ...Read more

A memory of Scarborough by Patrick Nicholls

I remember going with my Grandma Setchel to the Corn Exchange and going and having a cup of tea in the cafe there, and also the toilets. I also remember Park St roundabout and the dentist there where I had my first tooth out. Just down ...Read more

A memory of Luton by John Allen

Monica and my mum were brought up together and were the best of friends all their lives. My mum was also brought up by Gt Gran in the Fox, across the street from Liza and Billy, and in later life would visit her in Chichester whenever ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by John Harvey

I was born in Ivy House - first on the right in Talbot Terrace. My sister Sally now lives in the same street. I don't remember much before four and half years of age. I lived in that house with my grandfather, Demetrie Cambettie ...Read more

A memory of Maesteg in 1953 by Frances Cambettie Davies