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i used to go to Brid every year in the early 50s - early 60s . One of the highlights was going on the boats in the small boating lake - although we weren't supposed to 'bump' we often did although unintentionally - there was also ...Read more

A memory of Bridlington by John Wigmore

Yes name was Nora Cleghorn, and we lived next to her mother in Burrs Road in the early 1950s. Nora was well known for bringing the Donkies along West Road from Jaywick for their daily ride home by the now Martello Restaurant. ...Read more

A memory of Clacton-On-Sea

I remember David who used to live in St Marks Road. We went cycling together in the late fifties. Guildford, Box Hill were all destinations. The greatest ride we undertook was Worthing. When we arrived around 1230 we ...Read more

A memory of Hanwell by Nick Beard

The three cricketers are myself, (from Skelton), Fred Yates (seated, Nunthorpe) & John Wilsdon (Battersby), none of whom attended the Friends' School! We were classmates of the Headmaster's middle son, Nigel Reader & used to make ...Read more

A memory of Great Ayton by brianreed1949

I moved to Luton as a child in the early 60s. My first school was the St Maria Convent on Rothasey Rd, Later Denbigh Road Juniors, remember our crazy Gibraltren Head Master, then Denbigh High, stern Mr Whittaker and then Luton ...Read more

A memory of Luton by pandora.rene

I recall learning the art of motorcycle trial riding at Matchams Park in 1966. Took a few knocks but thoroughly enjoyed it.

A memory of Ringwood by rlbicker

I was also a pupil there when it was a boarding school, Loved it in the winter great for tin lidding down the hills ending up in the bramble bushes, or in bamboo bushes, ! Also I remember the headmaster loved using the ...Read more

A memory of Bardon Mill by Bonnie01 Frandsen

I too have memories of Castleton. When I was 16 (in 1963) my family moved to Milnrow Road in Rochdale, and so I was only about 3 or 4 miles from where my cousins the Thompson family (Derek, Joyce and Geoff) lived ...Read more

A memory of Castleton in 1964 by Norman Foulds

I remember me and Shirley ramshaw getting drunk at our house in hedworth lane in our dinner hour from school, also riding brandy Shirley's pony who taught me how to fall of correctly, and getting my ...Read more

A memory of Boldon Colliery in 1880 by Kim Obrien New Crawford

After we twins had learned to ride our bicycles, the family would ride north into the New Forest to a picnic area at Wooton Stream. My youngest brother may have been on the pannier seat of my Mum's bike, with the dog trying to keep ...Read more

A memory of New Milton in 1954 by Edward Williams