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I remember being taken to Wiveliscombe as a young boy in my Uncle Jim's dark green Standard Vanguard, he ran the Rock Inn at Waterrow 1954- 1965. He would take me to the toy shop at Wiveliscombe Square called ...Read more

A memory of Wiveliscombe in 1960 by Julian Bishop

I remember the Rose Queen Fete well; I played cornet in the Widnes Borough Band who led the procession Circa 1961, I have a black & white photo of the head of the procession which I think was taken by a ...Read more

A memory of Runcorn in 1961 by Geoffrey Boow

I was born at Low Westwood, a small mining village in the North East of England in 1955 – well, when I say I was born there, that’s not entirely true. Unlike today, children were born at ...Read more

A memory of Hamsterley in 1960 by Kathy Aveyard

My grandfather helped to build that magnificent "water road" for ships heading inland with their wealth of cargo. I remember as a girl watching with awe as these (what seemed back then) mighty vessels passing by as I stood ...Read more

A memory of Runcorn in 1962 by Gillian Zuehlke

I have fond memories of Hounslow, I was born and lived on the Bath Road, near the Windsor castle pub, many a time I used to stand outside the pub waiting for my parents, with a bottle of coke and a packet of crisps. I went to Wellington ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1965 by Ms Pauline Smith

I remember riding on an old wooden rollercoaster inside the pavilion on the Grand Pier in 1962 or 1963 called The Figure of Eight. I was around about 6 years old and the next time I went to Weston, probably the following year, the ...Read more

A memory of Weston in 1962 by David Maule

This is how I remember Runcorn as a young person. You could buy anything you needed from clothes to furniture, carpets, anything! The streets were wide and chokka block full of people - especially on Saturday. As a teenager, ...Read more

A memory of Runcorn in 1968 by Sheila Bax

Here is another tale of recollection of the Wiveliscombe Donkey Derby. In November 1967 we had moved from the New Forest to Uppingtons, 6 High Street Wiveliscombe, a strange 3 floored Georgian house that sat between ...Read more

A memory of Wiveliscombe in 1968 by Julian Bishop

I lived at 46 Cricklade Ave until 1969 when we moved to Wickford, Essex. My name is John Sargant and I have twin sisters. I remember our neighbours, Mr and Mrs West, on one side and Mr and Mrs Rogers on the other. I attended ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1968 by John Sargant

Wolseley Bridge has some memories for me going back to late 1968 and throughout 1969 as I was a pupil at St Bede’s School in nearby Bishton Hall. My mother was matron at the time and as we were mother and son (father died in ...Read more

A memory of Wolseley Plain in 1969 by John Richard Jones