Memories
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Abridge In The 1950's
I moved to Abridge in 1950 when I was ten years old. My parents bought the white cottage on the London Road, which had a wooden building next to it. This very soon became The Poplar Cafe, my mother’s dream of riches! I attended ...Read more
A memory of Abridge in 1955 by
Auntie Vi In 1952
My mother, Evelyn (Evie) Smith and my sister Susan(14) and I ( Polly aged 9) visited for about a month with my Auntie Vi in Sutton Mandeville on our way back to the USA after living in Egypt for a year. Auntie Vi had a ...Read more
A memory of Sutton Mandeville in 1952 by
I Never Caught A Fish!
I remember as a young lad, cycling to Keston Ponds from my home in Nunhead, my brother's fishing rod tied to the cross-bar. I was disappointed not to catch a fish. Ken Cook
A memory of Keston in 1956 by
Wading In The Bristol Channel
It is quite possible that the the little boy to the right in this picture is me at age six. My family used to stay at a friend's caravan in the park above the cliffs. During the summers of 1954 through 1958 we stayed ...Read more
A memory of Lavernock in 1955 by
The Vets Was Down This Street
Where we took Judy to the vets when she cut her stomach open on barbed wire. She was stitched up and was good as new.
A memory of Harlow in 1958 by
Beach Warriors And The Secret Army
Running down from Barton Common is a small river called Becton Bunny. This occupied the local gang of unsupervised children caled the Secret Army for many summer days, building substantial dams, which eventually ...Read more
A memory of New Milton in 1952 by
Childhood Memories
I was born in Calverley in 1948. I lived with my mother, father and brother (Ernest). I attended Calverley Church School. I played down in the woods most of the time, with my brother and our friends. My brother was a bully with ...Read more
A memory of Calverley in 1956 by
Kirkthorpe 1947 To 1970
My family moved into the Well Cottage on Low Lane in late 1948 and about a year later moved 20 yards up the lane to Half Moon Cottages, then in 1954 up to Woodland Avenue on Kirkthorpe Estate. I remember Lynda and her ...Read more
A memory of Kirkthorpe in 1950 by
Pavilion Cinema In Background Before They Put The Railings Round The Pond
This picture was taken before they put the railings round the pond. One Sunday on my way home from Sunday School at Christchurch, I was feeding the ducks and my Bible flew ...Read more
A memory of Aldershot in 1955 by
19th Walsall Scout Troop
I was a scout belonging to the 19th Walsall troop, around 1958 / 59 we camped the traditional way on a farm at Melinywig, the farm was called something like Ty Teg Barc, the field sloped down to a river. The farmer's son was ...Read more
A memory of Maerdy in 1958 by
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