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I came to live with my grandparents in Treasury View after my mother had died in a car accident where we lived, on the Isle of Wight. I had been to Ickham before as a baby, and in later years was told many times by neighbours of ...Read more

A memory of Ickham in 1964 by Deborah Sawyers

I was 10 years old when the picture of Selsey High Street was taken, and I lived in the house on the right hand side with the low wall outside - it was called Glen Roy! I have this picture on my office wall and I am convinced that I am the ...Read more

A memory of Selsey in 1960 by John Floyd

Just outside Windsor is a place called St, Leonard's Hill where beyond there was a massive pig farm. Wall's Pork Sausages bought all the pigs. It was owned and run by a man called Lovejoy. I worked there when I was twenty years old, ...Read more

A memory of Old Windsor in 1969 by Roland Mitchell

I came across this photo by chance, and it brought back a lot of memories when I lived there in the 1960's. I was born in Farnborough Hospital in 1952 and lived in Northlands Avenue until I was thirteen or fourteen? Just around ...Read more

A memory of Orpington in 1960 by Peter Nolan

MY memories of Strood are of school days, of playing in the grounds of Rochester Castle, of a cold Christmas with all the lights, of catching the bus to and from school. I remember walking to the bakery on Sunday to buy fresh bread, going ...Read more

A memory of Strood in 1965 by Fred Oddy

Born and bred in Coach Road Greasborough, memories of the infamous club and the many famous acts that my father was lucky enough to play the organ for. Tom Jones, Frankie Vaughan, Shirley Bassey. I even remember some shows ...Read more

A memory of Greasbrough in 1960

My grandfather, George Pretty lived at a house called Belmont with his second wife Gladys, from the 1950's I assume until his death. I was a schoolboy at King's School, Worcester. My parents lived in Hong Kong and ...Read more

A memory of Pant in 1960 by Michael Coley

I was brought up at 14, Ingestre Street and always consider myself a Bathside boy. I was very lucky to have my school opposite my front door. Just up the street was Mr.Barneys shop where you could buy 4 black jacks for a halfpenny. ...Read more

A memory of Dovercourt in 1960 by David Corley

I moved from London into 64 Leaf Road on 1st January 1961. We were offered the house because housing was very short in Southwalk, where we lived with my mum and dad. When we got there it was freezing, the roads were laid but there ...Read more

A memory of Houghton Regis in 1961 by Ann Craney

I spent my first seven years at Medge Hall, and have fond memories of growing up with my brother Phillip, and baby sister Sheryl. We lived in Crook-a-Moor cottages (the 2nd house from the bridge) until around 1970. My mother ...Read more

A memory of Medge Hall in 1967 by Shane Noble