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Lived Wolverley - Just a few items on Kiddr from dim recall -town cinema - a screening of a western, Jeff Chandler as Indian warrior - Cochise? -a bigtop circus - Billy Smart or similar, at top of the big hill nr rly Station -dentist ...Read more

A memory of Kidderminster in 1952 by William Jones

I attended Ladywell Primary School from 1950 to around 1954. In those days the school was comprised of two prefab buildings running parallel with each other and separated by a cinder-covered playground. One morning, along ...Read more

A memory of Motherwell in 1950 by John Cunningham

Mr Potter’s angling experience on the River Clyde reminded me of an unfortunate incident in 1958 when I was fishing at Strathclyde Country Park. I was casting the line when I felt a sharp tug on it. Thinking it had caught on the ...Read more

A memory of Motherwell in 1958 by John Cunningham

Memories of Brandon High also reminded me of the time I developed a crush on an attractive girl who also attended the school. I decided that a sure-fire method of gaining her attention was to present her with a box of chocolates. ...Read more

A memory of Motherwell in 1959 by John Cunningham

Motherwell in the 1950’s seemed fairly dull to me, which is where the Rex Café next to the Rex cinema comes into the picture, if you’ll pardon the pun. It was 1958 when I first feasted my eyes on the café’s flashy jukebox. It ...Read more

A memory of Motherwell in 1958 by John Cunningham

If you were a boy in the 1950’s did you ever own, like I did, a gird and cleek? Many Motherwell fathers at the time worked in the local steelworks and some would make a gird and cleek for their young sons. Girls, on the other hand, ...Read more

A memory of Motherwell in 1955 by John Cunningham

My mother (nee Briggs) lived in London Rod, Greenhithe. My maternal grand father was Basil Briggs a self-employed builder in Greenhithe. He died in 1953, the year of my birth. My father lived in Castle Street, Greenhithe. ...Read more

A memory of Greenhithe in 1953 by Stephen Morris

My brother and I were sent to Reedham School in 1954. We were there for two years, probably the worst two years of my life, despite being put into care at the age of five and continuing until sixteen. I was known as Mathews 2 or RS 100. ...Read more

A memory of Purley in 1954 by Ashley Mathews

I was born in 1948, and we lived in Nettleden Avenue, Wembley, until I was about 11. My sister and I went to Oakington Manor primary school. The head was Miss Taber and we learnt to read from a series of books called Old Lob, about ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1958

Oh how I remember St George's Youth Club , My Sister [ Diane ] and I lived in Haviland Road , and we sometimes went to SGYC , so many memoirs , we loved Kings Park where we spent many hours on the swings ,Slide ...Read more

A memory of Boscombe in 1957 by Cora Anne Williams