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I have finally found a site where the Lanfranc name is Girls and Boys. I lived in Rosecourt Road in Croydon from the age of 11 until we moved to Kent when I was about 17. My brother Alan went to Lanfranc boys and I to the ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1961 by Joanie Howse Nee Lee

Does anyone know of a George Frazer/Fraser who lived in Acomb. I think he was a butcher and was good friends with my mum. Any information Thanks

A memory of Acomb in 1960 by Sharon Giddings

or around there-ish. Always got sent to Wandsworth on Wednesday afternoon if anyone needed anything from the shops - Wandsworth High Street shops closed on Thursday afternoons - Battersea shops on Wednesday afternoons. ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth in 1963

My eldest sister Lynne and I used to attend the sixpenny matinee. Before joining the queue outside we would walk down to Woolworths and get threepence worth of broken biscuits to share. They ...Read more

A memory of Halifax in 1965 by Kathryn Snape

I worked in the factory for six months in 1962 as part of a management training programme with Dunlop. The work was mainly the production of vinyl asbestos tiles but there was a unit for making rubber underlay. This was a hell hole ...Read more

A memory of Brynmawr in 1962 by David Osborne

RAF Upavon first came to my attention while on my Air Radar Fitters course at RAF Yatesbury in 1961. I was taken by a friend to the Gliding Club operating from Upavon and quickly got hooked on flying. The CFI at the time was ...Read more

A memory of Upavon in 1961 by Christopher Morris

I was born at 6 Salters Lane, Wingate to parents of Ann and Albert Hodgson. I have good memories of the village till I moved to Shotton when I was 15. My dad was a miner at Horden pit till the big strike ended his work. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Wingate in 1966 by Margaret Ann Hodgson

I was a pupil at St Margaret's School for Girls about this time, it was run by a Miss Hainselin and Mrs Scott. A most beautiful place to be, although I can't say I learnt anything but to speak well and behave ...Read more

A memory of Yeaton Peverey in 1964 by Rosie Inglis

In April 1963, my ex husband and I moved from Nottingham to Coultings, he to work on a farm owned by the Triggol family. We lived in a thick-walled cottage on the main road through Coultings, which had ...Read more

A memory of Fiddington in 1963 by Diane Kerwin

I remember so many memories of Milford especially living in our cottage, it was opposite the pub that my parents worked in, my mum was a cook and dad was the manager, we knew everyone in Milford in them days. The A3 was a ...Read more

A memory of Milford in 1964 by Denise Woods