Memories

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Old Times Gone By

That looks a little like my dad's old car. I have happy memories of Epping. I was born there over 50 years ago in Ivy Chimneys and remember walking across the roads in town with my dad hand in hand, and after school going up in the ...Read more

A memory of Epping in 1960 by Anthony Gostling

My Youth

I lived in Tamar Drive and went to the local school, my senior school was Lennards Comprehensive. My best mates were Jenny Cutler, Shirley Jassec, Pat Madder. We spent alot of time roaming the streets, I remember the fair coming to town down ...Read more

A memory of Aveley in 1960 by Gillian Woodford

Growing Up At Coombe Place

My family and I moved to a bungalow at Coombe Place in 1960. My father, Walter Motley, took up the post of farm manager on this 100 acre dairy farm with a herd of Jersey cattle. Coombe Place is set on the side of the South ...Read more

A memory of Offham in 1960 by Susan Walton

Village Shop

I lived in the bungalow at the end of the spinny on West Avenue in the late 1960s and went to Highcroft School from age 4 to 5, which was an old Victorian building which always smelt of tomato soup and stood on the corner of ...Read more

A memory of Castle Bromwich in 1960 by Mark Waters

Pontypool Town Centre

I lived in Upper Bridge Street and remember a few of the shops in town, I think! On the corner of Upper Bridge Street and the Bell Pitch was Franketti's fish shop with an awesome Art Nouveau till and free chips if you took ...Read more

A memory of Pontypool in 1960 by Sandra Rudd

June 2011

Well, I did visit Clements Hall last spring/summer 2011, after not seeing C.H in about fifty years ago. We parked at the keep fit-gym club and as soon as I got out of the car I turned around and saw the the playing field, known then as the ...Read more

A memory of Hockley in 1960 by Christine Breedon

Congleton Park

I have lovely memories of playing in the park during summer and winter, the big high slide was like no other, I remember picking blue bells in the woods, there were hundreds of them, and in winter we used to slide down the bank on ...Read more

A memory of Congleton in 1960 by Patricia Wright

The N.H.S. Early Years To Retirement

The Transport Department at Southmead Hospital when I joined them consisted of an officer, foreman, and four porter drivers, with two buses, three vans, and two cars. We were responsible for supplying ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1960 by Arthur Cottrell

Mmmm...Rushmere

How well I remember Rushmere. I used to attend Kings College School around 300 metres away, and a group of us would frequently return home along South Side with a quick detour to the pond. It was best in winter because of the weather. ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon in 1960 by Tony Kerr

Fond Memories Of Barking Essex

I was born in Upney hospital in 1954, lived in Barking in Esex in St Aldrey Street, attended Ripple Middle School, loved going to Barking Park as a kid, we moved to Australia in 1966.

A memory of Barking in 1960 by Kathleen Toone Gallagher