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In the summer of 1952 I learnt that my parents had decided to move from our home in the Midlands to the West Country as my father wished to return to where his relatives lived. It came as no surprise therefore, when one day they ...Read more

A memory of Dartmouth in 1952

Around this time my family lived at No 12 Watchfield Road. I am not quite sure from the photo but our house may have been just to the right of the house on the right hand side of this picture?

A memory of Watchfield in 1951 by Peter Swaine

In the early 50's, I remember walking to the shop when I was quite young from my home in Market Street. Then it seemed quite a long way, with hedges and ditches beside the footpath. There was a large house that took up most of ...Read more

A memory of Hambleton in 1951 by Ann Jordan Mills

My granddad used to stay here and mum said it was a lovely Victorian hotel, very comfortable, it became a Trust House hotel, I believe but was pulled down in the early sixties. Amazing to think all the traffic to the south coast ...Read more

A memory of Horsham in 1955 by John Skinner

Firstly--although the date of this picture is not confirmed, the scene it depicts, is exactly how I remember the 'Blue Lagoon' from 1955. This encapcilates exactly--'The Seaside Holiday' in post war Britain. In our families ...Read more

A memory of Severn Beach in 1955 by Philip Croft

I lived in the house on the right at he top of the road up to the age of 11.

A memory of Cawthorne in 1958 by Lynne Sykes

to 1966 I lived at Flower House Estate opposite and at every opportunity I would nip over to the pool to have a go on the canoes. It cost 6d I think. I was so good that many years later when I was on an endurance course ...Read more

A memory of Catford in 1956 by Barbara Watts [Nee Ball]

My dad was born in Pontefract but moved to Norton around 1920. Their family name was Howcroft and they lived at 3 Mount Royde from 1929 -1957, when my grandma died. My grandfather was an ambulance ...Read more

A memory of Norton in 1957 by Jean Maile

Can anyone remember the church (methodist) you could go in from North Road or from Crossgate, across from St Margaret's Church! I remember the family living in the church house - the Parks (June/Madaline)?

A memory of Durham in 1957 by Marjorie Anderson

As others have said, the open fields, Farthing Downs. I lived in Bradmore Way, Old Coulsdon in the 50s, there was so much open unbuilt ground on the lower part of the road and behind our house in Meadway which was full of wild life. Every ...Read more

A memory of Coulsdon in 1952 by Keith Goodwin