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Just out of Trumpington, on the road to Grantchester, was the entrance to an area known as Byron’s Pool, named after Lord Byron who apparently frequented the area whilst at Cambridge University. Probably hoping to ...Read more

A memory of Grantchester in 1956 by Brian Goodliffe

My parents, Peggy and Stan Pinner, moved to Hunsdon from Leyton in 1957. Stan's family was from Wyddial and Aspenden, so Hunsdon was a good fit for them. A small estate was being erected on Wicklands Road and they bought ...Read more

A memory of Hunsdon in 1957 by Valerie Stephens

I was two years old year year we lived across the road from the model shop my mother told me

A memory of Pontypridd in 1952 by Allan Dutkiewicz

My paternal grandparents, William and Florence (Flo) Tripp, used to run the George pub; I believe they owned it. William died in an accident at the pub in about 1942. I remember going there as a small child in about 1950/51 with ...Read more

A memory of Hurst Green in 1950 by Barbara Greening

Burley Woodhead. We lived in Shotover from my birth in 1942 until approx 1957. My parents moved into the house and the village 1939. When my brother Roger was born in Bingley in 1946 I ...Read more

A memory of Burley in Wharfedale in 1950 by Michael Inman

My father used to take me to the Sunday market in the Broadway where they sold day old fluffy yellow chicks! I never got one despite my begging. Also remember the linen shop called Pecrys where the money whizzed around the ceiling to ...Read more

A memory of Catford in 1950 by Rita Williamson

My family moved to Harold Hill in 1952 to 43 Sheffield Drive when l was only 2 years old, it was a new street at the time and all new families moved in about the same time. My school was at the top of the road, Priory Infants, ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1952 by Alan Day

I read Steven Mewtons memories with interest. I too, was born in 1952 and often stayed with my Gran, aunts and uncles at No.5 Silver Terrace. She was Mrs Knight and my father was Jim, with brothers John, Fred and Alex and ...Read more

A memory of Millbrook in 1952 by Margaret Goddard

I was born in Coworth rd, number 2 which is opposite the shop, I remember the shops well. The post office was run by the 2 Miss Whites and the VG Stores was run by the Freemans, brothers who were partially sighted. Later on the shop ...Read more

A memory of Sunningdale in 1959 by Lizzie Halls

My sister and I lived at Gardeners Cottage, Mappleton between 1950 and 1954. Dad (Tom Fairbanks) worked at Hinchley Wood as a gardener for Hugh Molson an MP. We went to school in Ashbourne, and played with John Peach ...Read more

A memory of Mappleton in 1951 by Sheila Glazebrook