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I spent many happy hours down at the Haven, fishing and playing in general. I also collected coke from the gas house round the corner down what was then the weigh bridge, dodging the steam from the locomotives.

A memory of Hessle in 1959 by Chris Lead

The photo shows the bottom of Highwalls Avenue, I lived half way up round the corner. It was a steep climb when i was litlle but got easier as I grew. I was born in this road and had such a happy time.

A memory of Dinas Powis in 1950 by Clive Turner

This view has hardly changed, I have recently took a photo from about the same place and it is almost the same. The wall running in front of the church as gone now but the park on the left and the school wall on the right is still ...Read more

A memory of Worksop in 1959 by Barbara Whiteman

This photo brings back many happy memories of Meifod in the 1950's when I used to go on holidays there with my family. The white building in the centre was the bank and the photo was taken outside the Lion Inn where my grandfather ...Read more

A memory of Meifod in 1950 by Brian Morris

Billy was a hero to we boys. In the daytime you could go crabbing with him; at night, out drifting. He drove an old open jeep and at times you would see five, six or even seven boys clinging to parts of this ex-US vehicle as it ...Read more

A memory of Downderry in 1955 by D'arcy Blank

After a day down the front we sat just around the corner of the Donkey just past where the cars are.  It was a great summer evening and we were just finishing the day with a drink.  I thought it was the right time to ask her ...Read more

A memory of Holland-on-Sea in 1956 by James Chelton

What an unexpected pleasure it was stumbling quite by accident upon this website this evening! I was born in Croydon in 1948 and lived in West Croydon till 1955. I have very vivid memories of the high street, even of being 'bumped' ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1954 by Yvonne Kolessides

Our family moved from Bognor to Yapton in 1951 just before my 10th birthday. I was only 13 and attending Chichester High School for Girls when I started working weekends at Hobbs Farm, Bilsham Corner. It was a pedigree Jersey dairy farm and ...Read more

A memory of Yapton in 1954 by Josephine Hammond

My nanny & granddad lived in Orrell Park, Westfield Road. I remember very well growing up because I lived in Aintree at that time, visiting them with mum & dad.  We would get the number 60 bus up to the corner of their road. ...Read more

A memory of Orrell in 1953 by Brenda Vanderwert

My uncle and aunt had a house in Beaufoy Rd, number 5, tucked into the corner next to the Fish & Chip shop. When I was home on on leave from sea that is where I lived, for about 5 years. Usually up the smoke to the jazz clubs I ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1954 by Peter Troy