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I remember Mile Oak High School like it was yesterday. The fun we had and the mischief we got up to - in one instance we played hookey from school and went up and sat on the chalk hill, only to find out later that day that ...Read more

A memory of Mile Oak in 1960 by Tina Compton

I lived in Nursery Crescent 1950-1970. I remember Tyvies chip shop, Hill St, also Ben Johns shop where my mum would send me down to buy a cheap! ham bone. Also Planation and Forge ...Read more

A memory of Rhymney in 1963 by Alun Davies

The picture shown is of the junction with Main Road and Victoria Street, Windermere. The nearest building is obviously the Queen's Hotel (still there) and the one behind it is the Oakthorpe. ...Read more

A memory of Windermere in 1967 by Jan George

I remember the old Lickey Hill; climbing those wooden steps then coming down trying to stop the old fair ground swing boats etc... Tuppence if you remember the old 62 bus turned round by the amusement. The old Challet dance hall; me and ...Read more

A memory of Rednal in 1960 by Roy Bevington

There stands the Craig, dark austere majestic, landmark to mariner, constant proud monastic. Lonely place viewed from afar, awesome place much to adore, volcanic rock in form and mode, midst jagged rocks the birds ...Read more

A memory of Kilbirnie in 1960 by John Allan

Dad moved from Old Bexley, where he had a butchers, to Riverhead, and owned the shop at 4 The Square. It was Challisis before him. I loved the village and its history. We lived above the shop, and I walked ...Read more

A memory of Riverhead in 1960 by John Witcombe

This memory 'date' is only approximate - I was a member of the NOMADS for a number of years and recall with great affection some of the productions - 'Haul for the shore', 'Reluctant heroes', 'The shop at Sly Corner', 'Plaintiff in a pretty ...Read more

A memory of Newmarket in 1965 by Ray Lowrey

I lived at Mildred Close during the late 1950s to mid 1960s. Hesketh Park and Temple Hill were my playgrounds. I attended St.Albans Primary and York Road Junior Schools. Anyone with similar memories?

A memory of Dartford in 1960 by Susan Howard

In 1960, when I was 6, we moved into Longhalves, a detached house on the left of Hook Hill going up, and just on the brow of the hill. The road then was narrow and dangerous, and in about 1964 they took 3 - 4 yards off our front garden to ...Read more

A memory of Freshwater in 1960 by Peter Adams

My brother and I were packed off to Scotland from London each summer to visit our ancestral homeland, whence we would visit our Aunt Daisy and Uncle Adam at their place next to the old Braidwood school near the bottom of the ...Read more

A memory of Braidwood in 1967 by kwilson_57