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As a child in the late 50's I used live in Fairfield Street opposite the Monks Abbey. Every day after the school day was finished at Monks Road school, I used play around the Abbey ruins and Fosters field as well as the Arboretum. ...Read more

A memory of Lincoln in 1957 by David Edwards

Thanks Mr Frith for correcting the title of the photo from High Street to Coombe Lane. Now the heading to my memory doesn't make any sense at all!

A memory of Raynes Park in 1955 by John Young

This view is of Queen Street, just before the junction with High Street. The TOBACCO shop building is still there and is now a newsagent. The properties between this and the Royal Exchange were demolished and ...Read more

A memory of Droitwich Spa in 1951 by David Hawkes

Would love to find some of my mum's school friends.

A memory of Dagenham in 1950

I was somwhere around 1 when we moved to Luddenden Foot, we lived in a place called Albion Terrace above the railway lines. I attended Blackwood Hall School at the age of four because for me I couldn't ...Read more

A memory of Luddenden Foot in 1959 by Christina Marsh

I lived at 9 Oxford Street (just off Malling Road) from 1955 to 1972 when I got married and moved away to Maidstone. I worked as a paperboy for Kenny's; once I was 13 and old enough to be employed - I remember getting 10 shillings per ...Read more

A memory of Snodland in 1955 by Ian Thorndycraft

I am trying to contact someone who lived in and around the Mayford Rd area during the 50's and remembers in particular the Coronation and the street parties circa 1953 and any photographs taken during ...Read more

A memory of Balham in 1953 by Philip Spencer

I lived in Port Talbot between 1956 and 1968. I regard it as my second home. I finished school in 1958, at Velindre Secondary Modern School. I had many jobs in Port Talbot, window cleaning, working at Corona soft drinks, the ...Read more

A memory of Port Talbot in 1956 by Brian Brown

I remember all of the things written about Gretna in the 1950s already published. The sweet shop also sold wonderful red ice lollies. My best friend was Linda McTravers. My uncle was drowned in the Solway Firth in 1917, long ...Read more

A memory of Gretna in 1950 by Judy Selby Boothroyd

My parents opened Roselyon School, on the St Blazey road out of Par, in 1953, when I was nine years old, and ran it until they retired in 1970. Hence I knew Par pretty well both as young boy, teenager and young adult. Walking into Par from ...Read more

A memory of Par in 1959 by Richard Tomlinson