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I remember Didsbury well. I was a young Telephonist who transferred from the big Telephone Exchange in Chapel Street Salford to Didsbury to get Manual experience. I have such memories of how busy we were. In those ...Read more

A memory of Didsbury in 1961 by Kathy Neil

Dear Sir, My parents Derek and Shirley Battye were the licensees of the Globe in 1965 and I have many happy memories of the time we spent there, I would often catch crabs from thec quay and first went to school in Newton Ferrers via the ...Read more

A memory of Noss Mayo in 1965 by Nick Battye

Whenever I think back to my upbringing in Nantymoel, my first thoughts always turn to the endless adventures we had exploring the woods and forestry which clad the mountains on either side of the valley. The long school summer ...Read more

A memory of Nant-y-moel in 1962 by Norman Lloyd

I remember going to Aberaeron as a young boy to the Aeron coast campsite c1965, with our caravan my father made.....Have such great memories being there.... came back a couple years ago for a holiday and  been coming back ever ...Read more

A memory of Aberaeron in 1965 by John Malpass

And so i became a full teenage worker, ha ha , off to earn all that fabulous money, to buy all i wanted and roll around every where in style, be like the grown ups , drink beer down the pub or up the pub in my ...Read more

A memory of Menithwood in 1966 by Nicolas Fumarola

Hello. I see that Linda, daughter of Mac - our old Maître D - has posted a memory of the Moorland. So nice to hear from you Linda and to know that your memory has not failed you. It's so sad to hear that your dear ...Read more

A memory of Haytor Vale in 1969 by David Smith

The old Comberton Hotel is only just visible at the margin right; owned by Len Grove who turned it into flats and opened a betting office on the ground floor and was a well known personality in the town. The shops were ...Read more

A memory of Kidderminster in 1965

I grew up at my grannys house until age 5. I went to Wingate primary school for a while before we moved south. Her name was Anne Berry and my grandpa James died of cancer. I was born in 1957, and I had 2 little sisters, Pania and ...Read more

A memory of Wingate in 1960 by Juanita Richards

I was posted to Hindhead as a young policeman in January,1961 and stayed until January 1970. We used to make a conference point at the telephone box opposite the corner shop where Sergeant France could meet or contact us. Mr and ...Read more

A memory of Hindhead in 1961 by Peter Earl

The park was the place to be on Sunday afternoons, groups of teenagers lying on the grass listening to the top 20 on their state of the art flip top Ekco Radios that contained batteries the size of 6 iPhones, it always seemed to be ...Read more

A memory of Crewe in 1960 by Michael Yoxall