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I used to visit my grandparents (Gran and Robert Pearce) in 2 Tanyard Cottages when I was a small boy between 1949/55. I can remember the cottage next door was owned by Mr and Mrs Lindsell and their ...Read more

A memory of Barkingside in 1950 by Bob Newton

I went to Barrow Hill School in the early fifties, Mr. Rees was the Headmaster. On a Friday evening we would go into his home and watch the Cisco Kid on television, the first television I ever watched. I also remember one ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green in 1951 by Daniel Wright

My grandfather (who I never met) Clarence Bartels lived with his wife Grace and two sons Adrian and Roland in Kingshill Avenue. My father (Adrian) tells me his father worked in a shop called Goodworths in Worcester ...Read more

A memory of Worcester Park in 1955 by Sally Anne Eade Nee Bartels

I was born at 19 Church St, St Peters, where my grandfather owned the butchers shop. My first memory is of playing on the lino floor just inside the front door. My father, who served in the RAF during the ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1950 by Ronald Taylor

When I was very young, just before 1950, I can remember High Bridge was like this without the footbridge beside it. Without so much traffic it was safe to walk over the main bridge. Then the river was tidal and had banks of mud on either ...Read more

A memory of Spalding in 1955 by Barbara Taylor

I lived as a child at 49, Washington Road, Worcester Park, Surrey, which I learnt to relate parrot fashion as a 5 or 6 year old in case I got lost. We had a black dustbin with the Number 49 on it, a monkey puzzle tree in the ...Read more

A memory of Worcester Park in 1954

Living on Tongwell farm was for me a great deal of fun and we always had plenty of things to occupy our time. We attended school in Newport Pagnell and usually got there on the bike and went to our grandmother's house ...Read more

A memory of Tongwell in 1959 by Bob Anderson

I went to Rathbone (Albany Road) in the early fifties and my best friend there was Frank Doyle, who lived in Phythian Street. After the eleven plus we went to separate schools but kept in touch until I left Liverpool in 1964. I ...Read more

A memory of Liverpool in 1957 by Richard Tarleton

My late father, Rev H Roderick Carter, was the Vicar at St Catherines from the early 1950's to about 1968. Living at the Vicarage meant that we had people coming and going all day, everyday. Mum was very ...Read more

A memory of Norwich in 1955 by Richenda Carter

My nan lived at 10 Forest Lane, Maryland Point. Some times I would stay with her and my Auntie Conny. When my nan had her coal delivered, the coalman would lift a cover up by the side of the front door, the coal was ...Read more

A memory of West Ham in 1950 by Jean (Nee) Thompson