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I lived in Faygate Crescent, Bexleyheath.  Schools I remember attending are Upton Rd, Gravel Hill and Bexleyheath Secondary Modern. I have fond memories of chatting to the girls school across the playing fields from ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1950 by Alan Ford

I was born in NW London. My first visit to Woburn Sands was about 1950 when my Uncle Ted and Aunt Ada moved here. They lived at the 'Dene' Aspley Hill. Aunt Ada did the housework for Mrs Russell the owner of the 'Dene' and my uncle ...Read more

A memory of Woburn Sands in 1950 by Roy Batham

I was 2 years old when we moved in, in 1950. My dad was the Lock Keeper, Alan Mclean Tait, my mum Florence (Always called Elsie)my sister Christina (Chris), me, Eddie & our spaniel Judy. We also had chickens and a cockrel. ...Read more

A memory of Harlow in 1950 by Eddie Tait

My friend and I would await the arrival of American ships on their way to Manchester. We would shout "got any gum chum?!" to the crews. We would occasionally be rewarded by a packet of sweets being thrown from the ship. Far tastier than the English equivalent!

A memory of Warrington in 1950 by Harry Roscoe

I have fond memories of Earl Shilton around the 1950s. My first school was in Wood Street where I lived in a little old cottage, now knocked down. I remember celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's coronation at the school, ...Read more

A memory of Earl Shilton in 1950 by Maureen Burdett

School days were OK but on Saturday morning the walk/run from Croxley Green down into Ricky was always an adventure. We would go down Scots Hill or down the track opposite the church at the bottom of the ...Read more

A memory of Rickmansworth in 1950 by Leon Moore

I say 1950 for the year my memory relates to but in fact my memories cover from around 1946 to 196 I've only just found this web site for "Memories" although have looked at the site before and what nostalgia it has evoked ...Read more

A memory of Llwyngwril in 1950 by Margaret Garrod

I have bought Joan the Wad Cornish pickles at the Abbey and caught a trout in the river that runs in front of it. I was evacuated to the village in the war to Church Town Farm with Mr and Mrs Greenway and there was a large monkey puzzle ...Read more

A memory of Lanivet in 1950 by John Angus

I went to school in Bexleyheath between 1950 and 1954. I believe the school was in Pelham Road but I can't be sure. Maybe there was a separate infants department in North Street? My first (very ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1950 by John Howard Norfolk

I lived in Lochgoilhead in the late 1950's attending a small mixed school at the beginning of the village. My father, worked for the Admirality. My three brothers and sister, were born there. We moved to Carrick Castle in late 1952 and ...Read more

A memory of Loch Goil in 1950 by William Young