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My grandfather, Frank Green, lived next door to Stevens shop in Ten Mile and was the local baker working from Hilgay High Street, with his family. He supplied most of the surrounding fens and West Derham etc.. with ...Read more

A memory of Ten Mile Bank in 1952 by John Dearsley

We moved to Woodside, Kirkandrews in l956. It was a boarding kennel and my father, Harold Brown, turned the l4 acres into a small farm. The school was two rooms, one heated by a stove and the other with a ...Read more

A memory of Kirkandrews-on-Eden in 1956 by Marcia Kell

My grandfather, Herbert Fletcher, was one of the signalmen at Hayfield for many years until he was compulsorily retired in the mid 1950's. All his children and grandchildren visited "the box" many times, taking him his ...Read more

A memory of Hayfield in 1955 by Bruce Fletcher

I was stationed at RAF Thornaby from March 1954 until early 1957 when I was promoted and posted to RAF North Luffenhan in Rutland in preparation for the Suez campaign, which never came to be. Sadly, that air base is ...Read more

A memory of Thornaby-on-Tees in 1954

Manchester the war.... then to Blackpool. And into Red Rose Cottage in 1950, Grandmare how she held us all together, what a lady Nellie Booth was her name... We started off with eight of us living in the cottage, and we ...Read more

A memory of Staining in 1950

National Serviceman OWL III at Bourlon Lines in 1950. A grand announcement was made that all leaves and or passes were cancelled. The reason was the "regimental weekend". I recall it was the Catterick Fair and had all the ...Read more

A memory of Catterick in 1950 by Peter Giles

I worked in the orderly room. I joined the Dramatic Society and took part in the Noel Coward play 'Blithe Spirit', as the principals's brother. We all had great fun at the rehearsals. I remember on one occasion, one of the props was a ...Read more

A memory of Bletchley in 1953 by John (Jack) Hodgson

play field at the top of Westway. The fun and games we had as kids up to 1946, helping those friendly German prisoners build fairfield housing estate. We moved to 43 Westway in about 1948, My farther Horace, Waterhouse. Mother Lucy, ...Read more

A memory of Farsley in 1958 by Ronald Waterhouse

Grew up in Land Street, slept with my first girlfriend Wendy Gill until the pram got too small, that would be 1940, where are you now Wendy?. I still remember the Messershmitt and pilot who landed in the play field at the top of ...Read more

A memory of Farsley in 1958 by Ronald Waterhouse

My memories relate to 1949-1968 and I remember going to St. Paul's church hall to bop until I dropped with friends, and then had to walk home to Low-hill, shoes in hand, as we had missed the last bus. Happy times ...Read more

A memory of Wolverhampton in 1950 by Patricia Hunt