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The house on the right of the picture, I lived in in 1963, and was then called Pennyburn. The house next door on the corner was the local doctor whose name escapes me. I attended Holyhead Grammer School and went by train everyday from ...Read more

A memory of Rhosneigr in 1963 by Nicholas Farmer

Here is Station Square appearing as its architects intended, an open airy town centre piece. The gardens in the foreground are the Coronation Gardens of c.1953, which complimented the Victorian square admirably. Just as this ...Read more

A memory of Harrogate in 1965 by Nigel Bunce

I lived in the bungalow at the end of the spinny on West Avenue in the late 1960s and went to Highcroft School from age 4 to 5, which was an old Victorian building which always smelt of tomato soup and stood on the corner of ...Read more

A memory of Castle Bromwich in 1960 by Mark Waters

I was stationed at Honington and was on the station guard of honour. I remember the visit of Kruschev during the Cold War. Being in air traffic control, the tower approach windows were covered. Kruschev was only permitted on the local balcony. Have tried to find photos and write-ups without success.

A memory of Honington in 1960

We used to live in Henning Street in Battersea, we were always in Battersea Park and "the jungle" which was a playpark for teenagers with ropes and pulleys, my brothers had great fun in there whilst my friends and I were always ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1960 by Margaret Cheeseman

I remember well the fairground with all the rides that did their best to make you sick after the hotdogs and the candyfloss. Who got a kiss in the ghost train or at least a cuddle from their girlfriend? Everywhere the ...Read more

A memory of New Brighton in 1961

Next to Mundays (sweets, stationery and newspapers) was a butcher with sawdust on the floor, a separate paydesk in a kiosk (much more hygienic than today) and tubes which swept ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1965 by Christine Higgs

I worked for Tower Hamlets childrens dept.In 1965.I was employed as a House Mother at Stowangtoft Hall and the matron at the time was a Sister Ennis. I was only 18 at the time.Have very fond and happy memories of my time there.

A memory of Stowlangtoft in 1965

I too went to Holmesdale secondary, it was called Snodland Secondary when I first went there. My Dad and Grandfather, Peter and Henry Buss both worked as lorry drivers at the cement works and we lived in a factory house ...Read more

A memory of Snodland in 1964 by Carole Hooper

My mum, dad, 2 brothers and 2 sisters lived at the bottom of Vauxhall Avenue - it was about 1963/64. It was a great place to live as kids, not so easy for my parents. We kids would collect water from the standpipe at the alleyway a ...Read more

A memory of Jaywick in 1963 by Hazel Methven Nee Sullivan