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In 1955 I was 9 years old and lived at No. 16 Putney Hill, which was on the right in this picture and if memory serves was the house before the white one behind the tree. My grandfather owned the tobacconist and ...Read more

A memory of Putney in 1955 by Rod Chunn

I was 10 years old, and had lived at 62, Esp Lane, but now live at 5 Sackville Street. I loved life, school, elderly neighbours, friends that lived on Colne Road, Cavendish Street, and Sackville ...Read more

A memory of Barnoldswick in 1959 by Susan Frerichs

I lived in Elm Street and went to Parc Lewis school, Wood Road 1 year only, and Hawthorn Secondary Modern until 1957. My friends and I killed more Indians and Germans than anyone else on the mountain behind ...Read more

A memory of Rhydyfelin in 1950 by John Davies

The fishmongers was Bob Lightfoot's, he was a mate. He also had a stall on the market.

A memory of Earlestown in 1959 by Bill Smith

My grandad lived in Second Street (Joseph Harding), I only ever met him once. I am now 68. He was my mum's dad. He worked in the local pit. My mum moved to London when she was very young, as her dad had remarried and ahe ...Read more

A memory of Blackhall Colliery in 1952 by Myra Mizon

What a web site ! What memories come flooding back. I lived at 69 High St, right opposite the Community Centre, from 1935 until 1959. Many of your older readers will remember Wood's bakery owned by my Father and Mother for over 50 ...Read more

A memory of Wordsley in 1950 by Robert Wood

I have just read Kay Rogers' memories of Saxby Street, my Auntie Lizzie lived at number 58, she brought up my dad Jack from being a small boy. I remember going there every Wednesday when in school holidays. She lived with ...Read more

A memory of Irlams o' th' Height in 1956 by Alan Price

My name is Rosie Pearce and I live in Tintagel, North Cornwall. These are just a few of my many childhood memories of Milverton. I lived in Reading with my father and grandmother after my mum died in 1954, I ...Read more

A memory of Milverton in 1954 by Rosie Pearce

I was transferred from Myrtle Street to Heswall in 1953 as a TB contact, I was in a few wards. One faced the main entrance to the Hospital, another one had a partition across the middle separating the girls from the boys. ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1953 by Colin Murray

When six years old I remember very well going from Church Gresley to Swad (Swadlincote always shortened to Swad by locals) with my beloved grandfather to purchase a spade from the hardware department of Salts. ...Read more

A memory of Swadlincote in 1951 by Geoffrey Barnett