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On the left of the picture just past the pub sign shows the old orchard. Shops were built here and my Father owned the one next to the pub. We moved there in 1959, so I imagine this photo should be dated 1955.

A memory of Knaphill in 1959

60 Gonsolva Road...I lived here from 1947 until my family had to move out in 1960. Slum clearance they called it. One car in the road. The Batty family, who lived further down the road, went hopping every year. A flat back lorry ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1950 by Pamela Brooker

Happy memories indeed. For an eight year old living in the village in the mid 1950s it was heaven. Long summer evenings and school holidays playing in woods, open fields and on building sites. Or cycling (yes at eight) ...Read more

A memory of Earls Barton in 1955 by Peter Dixon

Nice to see a Daimler LCC Ambulance, presumably being driven up Denmark Hill, from Camberwell Green, on its way to King's College Hospital. I travelled in these Ambulances on a number of occasions as a child. My longest trip ...Read more

A memory of Camberwell in 1953 by Ken Cook

I remember the sound of the clogs at 6am as people came past 6 Hilton Street (second house from mill).

A memory of Darwen in 1954 by Thomas Glass

I was 10 years old in 1953 and then lived in my 'gran's house' in Alexander Street.  Janet McCarthy, Rita Anthony, Dilys Jones, Mylais Nash, Shirley Perry, Jean May, Dawn Waklin, Elvet Davies, Malcolm Powell also lived in ...Read more

A memory of Abertysswg in 1953 by Linda Shapiro

I lived at 49 "The Triangle" in the prefabs, just up the road from the stores past the Royal Exchange Pub, from about 1958 -1965. When I first moved there the store was owned by Mr Pears and we called it Pears's Stores. I was ...Read more

A memory of Lindford in 1958 by Peter Twaites

My family moved to Angmering on Sea when I was 14. We lived in the Dolphins with a garden directly onto the beach. I have tried to find friends from that time without success, in particular the Carty famly (of Irish origin, they came ...Read more

A memory of Poling in 1958 by Dawn Bernadis

We used to live in Sherrard Road and I attended Monega Road School. I remember some real pea soupers where I'd walk to school by following the walls of the houses as I went along. Otherwise couldn't see more than a ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1959 by Elizabeth Gandley

My memory of the Penllwyn was being baptised. At that time it was called the Penllwyn Mission. The Baptism took place where the bar now stands. Also my wedding reception was held there in 1972.

A memory of Pontllanfraith in 1958 by Veronica Mock