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I had a couple of holidays at Broadstairs, staying at the Convent at Port Regis. I attended St Philomena's in Carshalton Surrey and I think they owned the Convent at Port Regis. I can remember Broadstairs and going to Margate. I now ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1960 by Bette Schoots

Having moved into Walls Quarry with my husband in 1961, I too remember the snow. It started to fall on Boxing Day 1962. We had a job to get home from Gloucester by car during theafternoon. By March '63 it was still thick and frozen hard. ...Read more

A memory of Brimscombe in 1963 by Pauline Hill

I went to Crawley Down school for a few years in the mid sixties and when I went back recently to have a look I found the Parish Church and school (now a private house and so much smaller than I ...Read more

A memory of Crawley Down in 1965 by Carol Evans

Hi.  I moved into the Gamecock in 1963 with my parents Norman and Jean Bennett and my brother Bryan, I was only two years old. My parents were landlord and land lady. Bartons grocers was next door, there was no Gamecock Field as ...Read more

A memory of Harworth in 1963 by Eleanor Hipwell

Hi anyone remember "Little Nellie" (husband Joe) and their daughter Annie and grand daughter Margaret, from Sultan Street in Accrington. We used to travel down on the same bus with them every Friday night. In those days, we got the bus ...Read more

A memory of Staining in 1960 by June Huntingdon

The picture of is the new Stepgates Girls School, opened in September 1908. Very little had changed between 1908 and 1960, the road had been given a smoother surface and railings placed in front of the gate.

A memory of Chertsey in 1960 by Maria Lye

My parents Bryan and Margaret Hills-Johnes had the Flying Horse pub for a couple of years after he left the Navy 1958-60, I was around 6 yrs at the time and used to play with the Tilleys and Blacks. The car park across the road was a vegi ...Read more

A memory of Smarden in 1960 by Rod Hills Johnes

Congleton Open Air Baths during the 50/60s. It had the entrance of a theatre, 2 steps up with an overhanging portico and glass doors that opened up to a foyer. It was well painted in the colours of the day, council green and white. ...Read more

A memory of Congleton in 1960 by Alec Coles

My memory is a life time!  I first came to Croft Farm, just above Lumbutts when I was 18 months old.  My dear, dear Aunty Kath and Uncle Geoff lived there then.  She was my mother's, sister's, sister-in law - so absolutely no blood ...Read more

A memory of Lumbutts in 1965 by Catherine Cowperthwaite

I was actually born in Middlesbrough in 1953, but being a bit of a handful in my life early life I was placed in certain boys' schools, one being The Castle School at Stanhope. My memories of my 3 yrs there are full of ...Read more

A memory of Stanhope in 1963 by David Raynor