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I recall one of my younger days where I and a young girlfriend of mine decided to go on a biking holiday. I bought two Dawes Racing bikes which were equipped with panniers. Off we went from Royston, near Barnsley where we'd have to ...Read more

A memory of Grimsby in 1969 by Roland Mitchell

I recall Hides Department Store and a box of soft toy rabbits for sale. Jacksons Stores (the supermarket) and poking a bag of rice causing the whole stack to collapse to the floor accidentally as a child. The pub 'The ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1960 by Ann Lewis

I believe the Mini Van parked by the clock tower belonged to my auntie, Masie Hockaday, who owned the Thicket Cottage Riding Stables in Houghton. She bought one of the first Minis off the production line. It ...Read more

A memory of Houghton in 1960

We moved from Romford Road to Cherwell Grove in 1962 and moved to Australia in 1969. My memories are of wonderful times playing football in Belhus Park, fishing at Buckles Lane and drinking at The Royal Oak. Jim Travers ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1962 by Michael Hanrahan

I was born in Hounslow, Clare Road. We moved when I was two. I was born actually next door to the now well known Francis Forsythe!!!! My Aunts all lived in Matindale Road. I know the area from 1947. I have so many memories. Loved ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1960 by Kay Oliver

I lived in Tidworth in Wylie Road from 1966 to early 1968. Of course we were an army family. I remember some guys; Woody (Nigel Wood) & his elder brother Steven (also known as Woody). There was Gilly & Crow ...Read more

A memory of North Tidworth in 1967 by David Killen

Fordington has changed a lot over the years in that there has been much infilling with houses. At the top of Pound Lane was Moule's Coffee Tavern which was used as a hall and a community space. Nearly opposite over the High Street, ...Read more

A memory of Fordington Down in 1964

Hi, I would love to hear from anyone that may have memories of Yorkletts in the late 1960s. I used to spend a lot of time in the village, spending all my school hols with my gran who lived in a bungalow ...Read more

A memory of Yorkletts in 1968 by Sharon Searle

For many years in the late 1960s and early 1970s our parents packed up our 2 old cars and brought us 4 children from London and Yorkshire to Scratby. We would rent any number of holiday cottages, one called ...Read more

A memory of Scratby in 1968 by Ruth Brackpool

What happy times, on holiday with my parents and my brother Ray in a little caravan site just down this road over looking the Creek itself. Next door to us 3 lads from Birmingham had come to stay, us being from ...Read more

A memory of Hayling Island in 1964 by Mrs Christine A Fellows