Memories

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My First And Last Jobs In Hull

This is a photo of the Derringham Branch of the Hull Savings Bank where I started as a junior bank clerk at the age of 16 on 31st August 1965, probably around the time when this photo was taken. It certainly ...Read more

A memory of Kingston upon Hull in 1965 by David Farrow

Eric Smith''''s Greengrocer''''s 21 Lordship Lane Se22

My Dad, Eric Smith, opened a Greengrocer's shop at number 21 Lordship Lane in 1962. At that time there was a traditional butchers shop one side and a grocery shop the other side. Opposite was a piano ...Read more

A memory of Dulwich in 1962 by Debbie Williams, Nee Smith

Happy Holidays In Abersoch

Since 1962 I have always been to Abersoch at least once a year if not two three or four times!! In the early years we always stopped in a flat over the cowsheds at Tyn y Mur farm. ( These have now been beautifully converted ...Read more

A memory of Abersoch in 1965 by Shan Moule

Tilshead In The Last Century!

Tilshead was the place where I was born and have lived in for a long time.  It is a quiet village of around 400 or so people.  There was and still is a post office.  There was a pub called The Bell but is now a private ...Read more

A memory of Tilshead in 1966 by Anita Mundy

On My Way Into Town Or To Visit My Friend Steve Flanagan

Having lived in the U.S now for 35 years this photo makes me very homesick as I haven't seen the old place since 1972!  I remember walking down Lord Mayor's Walk and turning the corner next to the ...Read more

A memory of York in 1962 by David Knapton

Bickers The Newsagent

THis was the village newsagent. We lived to the right as you look at the photo, and traded as Premier Garage.

A memory of Eastry in 1960 by Philip Worman

57 Pickhurst Park

My family moved here, to no. 57, just beyond the tree on the right, a year after the photo was taken.  At the time of the photo the houses were still being built (ours was probably not yet up), to the right (in the wedge with ...Read more

A memory of Bromley in 1960 by Martin Jones

My Home Town

My wife moved to Sutton 1950 aged 4, now aged 60 and living in Norfolk we are rekindling memories of such a warm and inviting town. Memories come flooding back. The railway station, the cinema, the old tree outside Trueforms where my wife ...Read more

A memory of Sutton in 1963 by David Buettner Banks

1st Home

My parent's (and myself) first home - above Strattons shop - mother's maiden name as my mother's father & brothers were joint owners of the business. Head branch was in Beacon Hill where my mother was born. I myself was born not far away in ...Read more

A memory of Churt in 1965 by Charles Burton

Oh To Be Sweet Sixteen Again!

I believe the girl walking in the photo with the shopping bag is myself at the age of 16 - 17 judging by my hair style at that time. I recognise the skirt as one I had made myself and my walk also. I also remember the ...Read more

A memory of Darlington in 1964 by Margaret Batey