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1953, my first day of school, holding hands with Brian Brown going down the street to the bottom gate of school was my first real memory of Troedy. We all took care of each other those days, we shared ...Read more

A memory of Troedrhiwfuwch in 1953 by Jennifer Jenkins

My Mum and I moved to Cheelson Road, South Ockendon from Plaistow in 1955 when I was 3, Dad was away in the Merchant Navy so took no part in the actual move. Cheelson Road was only built on one side with a row of bungalows built ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1955 by Clint Lawson

I was also posted to Burniston Barracks from Catterick Camp with the Royal Signals 5 AA Signals Reg. as an OWL and was married just up the road from the barrack's at the local church. Dickie Dors was the paymaster and also we had a ...Read more

A memory of Scarborough in 1951 by Thomas Nicholson

Hello Former RAF Bletchley 'inmates,' I spent a couple of happy years at RAF Bletchley which I would describe as just a dormitory station where we ate, slept and relaxed during off-duty hours from our work at RAF Stanbridge, ...Read more

A memory of Bletchley in 1950 by Walter Bourne

As a school boy at the Old Harlow College, I used to catch the 393 bus to Sedge Green Roydon after school every day at the bus stop outside the Post Office. Six old pence each way.

A memory of Harlow in 1955 by David Barker

My father was in the RCAF, stationed at the former RAF base. We lived in the village from 1952 to 1954. The picture on this site was where we lived at the time. The village shop was next door and was operated by Mr and ...Read more

A memory of North Luffenham in 1952 by John Langston

I spent the first eleven years of my life in Tottenham. We lived above the PDSA dispensary in Seven Sisters Road. My father worked for the PDSA as a vet, and I remember very clearly the queues of people waiting to have their ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham in 1950 by Jacqueline Dagnall

Although I was actually born in Holbeach Bank, and spent the first 3 1/2 years of my life in Holbeach St Matthews, I spent my childhood in Holbeach St Marks. My mother and father Ray and Greta Gray, ...Read more

A memory of Holbeach St Marks in 1955 by Alan Gray

This was 1958 the time when I seriously got into drainpipes, drapes and rock 'n roll music. I was at Walbottle Secondary Modern School. I used to take in the leg width of my jeans by hand using a needle and thread to ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1958 by Jimmy Burrows

I can almost see Bull Lane from there. We lived in 'Summerfield' half way up that lane. I remember Mr Wilbey's Ironmongers. He had a massive walrus moustache, and a shop that was a genuine museum in itself. There was Woodwards Store ...Read more

A memory of Waltham Chase in 1959 by Jo Burton