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When I was 5 yrs old I can vividly remeber getting lost in Beacon Park in a real pea souper with friends from the farm in the Sandford Street corner of the park and also remember digging old stone jars up from the brook that runs through the park!

A memory of Lichfield in 1956 by Frank Clarke

My Mum's family lived on Barpool road (Nan and Gramps still do) and she often tells us how the kids in the street played together with giant skipping ropes made from the washing line that went across the street. Also about the ...Read more

A memory of Nuneaton in 1955 by Beth Clark

I arrived in Gravesend in 1958 on the back of my boyfriend's motorbike, we had travelled from Colchester in Essex. My father, who was in the army, had been posted to Gravesend so we all had to move. We crossed the river ...Read more

A memory of Gravesend in 1958 by Mary Back

Suzanne and I used to play truant from Sunday School... This is the exact spot where we got caught by my mother (What are YOU doing here??!)...There was Goldstein's deli, where we used to buy the most delcious sweet & ...Read more

A memory of Hendon in 1957 by Jean Philip

My father was born in Great Bedwyn, his name Arthur Maurice Hatter. When I was young in 1952 we were invited to stay with a member of his family in 47 High Street, I remember they had a wonderful garden, layered with full flower ...Read more

A memory of Great Bedwyn in 1952 by Arthur Hatter

Cove was a special place, a place where I was born, at 11 Sydney Smith Close...now stands Beverly Crec.... My grandad Matthew Smith lived at 39 Holly Rd, and worked on the railway as a plate layer. Growing up we lived in Hazel Avenue, ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1958 by Peter Smith

My friends, John & Vera Willey took over the butchers in the High Street around 1957 & had about 4 children - the eldest I believe was a Christina (Tina), & one of the sons was Norman I think. Does anyone know of their ...Read more

A memory of Wrotham in 1957 by Ann Phyall

Wow, these photographs have brought back so many happy memories larking around Barn Hill in the mid 50's with a group of similar aged youngsters. It did help living a few streets away. We also had several attempts at carol singing up ...Read more

A memory of Wembley Park in 1953

I used to pal out with a guy called Jack Evans who lived with his parents next to the Brown Cow pub on Albion Street, Salford, before they were moved to Little Hulton. That was 55 years ago. I have some pleasant memories of the area. I ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1957 by Peter Wilson

I'm not exactly sure what year I was an in-patient at Orpington Hospital, so 1957 or 1958 seems most likely. I was at Vine Road, Primary School, in the Juniors probably. I had to have an ...Read more

A memory of Orpington in 1957