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My name is Jacqueline Erickson Morgan.  I lived in Milestone Cottage from August 1968 - January 1971.  I know this thatched cottage as Milestone Cottage; the name was due to the Milestone in front of the cottage that ...Read more

A memory of Little Shelford in 1968 by Jacqueline Morgan

Hi my name is Maria Brown (maiden name Zalmen). I lived in Kingskerswell up until 1967 when I was seven. We then moved to Australia. I have never forgotten this lovely place and in 2005 I decided to come back and relive my ...Read more

A memory of Kingskerswell in 1967 by Maria Brown

I loved Valence swimming pool, I used to have swimming lessons there with Grafton junior school and still remember how cold that water was first thing in the mornings. My father used to buy me a season ticket which cost ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1969 by Carol Wainwright

I grew up in Combpyne but I remember that we used to have a van that came up to the village from Musbury 2 or 3 times a week with everything any body might need from paraffin to bread.  I remember the man who owned the post office then ...Read more

A memory of Musbury in 1960 by Anne Symons

Until the mid '70s Shotley Gate was the home of HMS Ganges, a Royal Navy training establishment. As 15 year old boys under training in 1964 we were allowed to visit the Post Office (see photograph in this collection) to draw money out ...Read more

A memory of Shotley Gate in 1964 by Phil Smith

On the left of this view is the pub sign for the "Railway Hotel" - a popular drinking venue for older members of St Anselm's Youth Club and the Hatch End Young Conservatives!  Next door is a garage forecourt ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End in 1965 by John Howard Norfolk

I also remember this scene of Hatch End.  I lived in the Pub which just about appears in this picture on the top far right, its the white buillding that is just sticking out slightly.  Next door to the pub was the Conoco garage ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End in 1967 by Elaine Stephens (Nee Ockwell)

This could not have been as early as 1960 as at that time the Post Office was in a single storey lean-to structure at the right of the main cottage. The main floor of the cottage was converted to the new shop ...Read more

A memory of Burton in 1968 by David Wilson

I remember a Geordie Frazer as we called him, but I seem to remember he was not a geordie. He was a butcher and on the side was a barber - he was a crap barber but it cost next to nowt so maybe you have a link to this..happy hunting.

A memory of Acomb in 1965 by Keith Watson

The 'new' primary school in Cook's Lea (a respected headteacher in Sandwich) was built in the early sixties and is well-located next to the Gunpark to the left. The old C of E Primary School was a solid building and this new school has ...Read more

A memory of Eastry in 1962 by Michael Mitchell