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I was born and brought up in Sutton until we moved when I was 8. I remember going to swimming club on Friday evening in the old swimming pool and visiting the library when it was in an old house through the park. I am ...Read more

A memory of Sutton in 1961 by Lindsay Norris

I was a pupil at Leverington for 6 years. I started in 1964 and left in 1970. The headmaster was Mr Gibson. He lived in the house attached to the school. The first year teacher was Mrs Hall. The 2nd ...Read more

A memory of Leverington in 1964 by Lorraine Lane

We moved south from Chadderton near Oldham in 1965. My mum had taken over running the corner shop that had been bought by Comerford's in their quest to own the entire block. All but one house has succumbed ...Read more

A memory of Thames Ditton in 1965 by Paul Devall

I was born in Chadderton in 1953, in my grandfather's house on Bamford Street. I attended Eustace Street School and the memories of my time there have shaped my life. I simply adored school and I am now a Special Needs ...Read more

A memory of Chadderton in 1964 by Kay Al Ghani

Oh the memories stored away!! Charlie's opposite Cove Green, going there for sweeties on a Sunday, Cove Green (not as good as Tower Hill swings though!), Mundays closing at 1pm on Sundays, Thorntons with its yellow facade, and wool etc, I ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1965 by Ann Mozdzer

Our family moved from Churchill Road, Willesden to the country right out to Dudden Hill, in Normanby Road. The entrance to the park was just down the end of the road near the old iron bridge. There was a rather short tree ...Read more

A memory of Hendon in 1961 by Jim Rabbitts

Really it was 1961-66. I worked as a Geologist for the United Steel Companies based in Rotherham. I visited Haile Moor and Beckermet Mines every two or three weeks for 5 years and came to love the area and its people ...Read more

A memory of Thornhill in 1961 by Geoff Potts

I have many memories of driving around the droves between Houghton, Broughton and up to the Beeches on the Buckboard, an old flatbed Austin 7 owned by Richard Carter and later ...Read more

A memory of Houghton in 1960 by Tom Pennington Legh

My Godmother, Jennie Wren, lived in the Easneye Gatehouse, as shown, at around this time, possibly slightly later. This gateway was also used in one of the St Trinian's films, which featured a racehorse which was being hidden at ...Read more

A memory of Stanstead Abbotts in 1964 by Martin Wisbey

I cannot remember the exact year but it was very cold. I was a TV repair man at Raylec in the High Street and we had a call from a doctor living in a house at the Asylum. She complained that the picture on ...Read more

A memory of Banstead in 1961 by Adrian King