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IWAS FIVE IN 1964 AND IN THE HIGH STREET WAS A LARGE SHOP CALLED CHATTIN AND HORTON.   IT WAS A WONDERFUL SHOP ESPECIALLY AT CHRISTMAS TIME WHEN FATHER CHRISTMAS USED TO BE THERE WITH HIS SACK OF TOYS.   YOU ...Read more

A memory of Brierley Hill in 1964 by Jackie Thompson

Hi, my name is Shirley Cross, my name was Shirley Stokoe and I lived in Thornley. My dad's nme was Robert Stokoe, he has now passed away. My memories of Wheatley Hill are nice. I remember spending a lot of time there growing up. I ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley Hill in 1966 by madamclaire

The policeman in this photograph, much to my amazement, is me! I joined the Worcestershire Constabulary in 1961 and worked at Redditch from 1961 to 1965, when I then went to be a 'village bobby' at Oldswinford in Stourbridge. We had ...Read more

A memory of Redditch in 1961 by Anthony Ingham

This Main Street is the A4 Bath Road approaching Everret's Corner from Taplow direction toward Slough.  Slough was the (Road) Safety Town.

A memory of Cippenham in 1965 by Patrick Butterly

I remember the houses opposite St.Theodore's as my cousin Veronica (Non) lived in one and the "Turners" (Pat, Shirley, Roy and others) lived next door. These houses had front doors in Higher Church St, while the back ...Read more

A memory of Pontycymer in 1964 by Charles Trevelyan

I remember in the 1960s going to Heathfield with Mum on the bus (we lived at Corner Farm, Swife Lane). We would go shopping and often would go into the Bluebird. Seeing that name in this picture brought all ...Read more

A memory of Heathfield in 1965 by Sally Semple

My name is Ann Jones. I live in the USA I was formerly Ann Groom, my dad Sydney Groom and mother Mildred kept The Snoring Bell. I remember the Whiteheads down the street on the farm, and going to Little Snoring School - my teachers ...Read more

A memory of Little Snoring in 1960 by Ann Jones

This view from Downs Way shows Beckley Parade and my uncle's shop which was next to the houses, the first house belonged to Councillor Turville Kill. My uncle's shop was a greengrocers and he and my aunt moved from here to the ...Read more

A memory of Great Bookham in 1961 by sue.rainer

I was but a lad of 8 when my folks bundled us all off to a wide land downunder. Since 1968, Australia has been my home. I often speak of my fading memories of Queensbury, my walks through the village, living on 'The Mountain', ...Read more

A memory of Queensbury in 1968 by Stephen Mckinley

In 1960 I was a very young Police Constable at Dewsury Road Police Station. One of my duties was traffic duty at the bottom of Dewsbury Road. I think it was at the junction with Great Wilson Street and Meadow Road (not ...Read more

A memory of Leeds in 1960 by Michael Shires