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I remember calling at a cafe in Bilton Rd every day as a van salesman for Walls sausage & pies.The cafe was used by lots of Walls van drivers before the start of there calls,it was run by a lovely Irish couple who's son was the famous ...Read more

A memory of Perivale

My father worked at Sonning Mill before transferring to Sindlesham Mill, his name was Fred Hopkins, he was a rollerman, we lived in a row of small cottages with a yard behind the cottages and a very long narrow garden . my mother cooked on a ...Read more

A memory of Sonning

1950's to 1960's There were two butchers (Chinn's was one), two bakers (Toops and Hancocks), two barbers (Mr Colwill and Stansbury's who also had a Christmas Club for toys) numerous grocery shops. A Draper's ...Read more

A memory of Horrabridge by Elaine Parnell

My mum & dad used to take me and my sister to Margate (Cliftonville) for 2 whole weeks back in the late 50s/early60s. I shall look up some old photos when I have a chance. Although we didn't have much money then, we took a bus ...Read more

A memory of Margate by Wendy King

I remember living in the basement flat at 144 church road . My brother simon Dodds and me,jenny Dodds went to Rockmount Infants school. my mother Mary Dodds taught at Rockmount too. I remember Rockmount Rec and crystal palace ...Read more

A memory of Crystal Palace

I worked for Charles Of The Ritz in the late 1960's in the warehouse at the London Road end of Victoria Road, preparing and despatching the orders . We also prepared orders for Christian Dior, Yves St Laurent and ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill by annettelat1972

Yes it was a sort of luxury to have the outdoor pool at Norden, people would descend upon the Riviera every weekend. For me though it was short lived as we moved to Norden in 61 and it closed in 63. I think the Tannery owned the land and ...Read more

A memory of Rochdale by Jane Heywood Fennell

I remember in the 1950s, walking as a child from Greenhurst Lane where I lived, across the railway bridge, down to St Agatha's Hall, then left down the long path to the bottom of the large Village Green. At the bottom on the ...Read more

A memory of Hurst Green by jim.hammond

I remember the Chichester Festival Theatre opening in 1962. I went to see several plays there over the years. One I remember well was The Royal Hunt of the Sun. Later, in the early 70s I worked there for 2 years first ...Read more

A memory of Chichester by Sylvia Ashton

We moved to Keepers Cottage , Crowsley Park in March 1940, we kept the key to the Park Gate as our water well for drinking water was at the bungalow the other side of the gate. I was told never to tell anyone where they ...Read more

A memory of Crowsley Park by mollie.burnett