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I was born in the Goss, off Delph Road and moved to Corbett Road around 1957. I remember playing in the fields where Withymore is now, before any houses were built. I remember Oakley's shop and the post office round by the Bell pub. ...Read more

A memory of Brierley Hill in 1964 by Paul Turley

I lived in Broughton for 26 years from 1954 to 1980. Here are a few words that may bring back some happy memories for readers! The shops: On the corner of Broughton Hall Road (opposite the current car sales) ...Read more

A memory of Broughton in 1960 by Nigel Williams

I was born in Ferrers Rd (behind Ice Rink in Streatham). Moved to Kempshott Rd at beginning of the sixties, it was the road past the Pied Bull pub and South London Motors (a huge car sales place) was on the corner. Spent many a ...Read more

A memory of Streatham in 1966

I attended The Convent of the Blessed Sacrament between the years of 1963 to 1965 (inclusive). I was a dreadufully wild child from Colonial Africa and rejoiced in the name of Carol Anne Bult. The Reverend Mother of "The ...Read more

A memory of Upper Beeding in 1965 by Carol Anne Mulligan

John your memories of Blackboys Post Office bring back cherished memories of my own. I was fortunate to have lived in Brownings Cottages opposite the PO and at the age of ten I helped ?? to remove the counters and walls one Saturday ...Read more

A memory of Blackboys in 1962 by Robert Dann

Reading the memories prompts me to contribute to the nostalgia - My grandfather "Bob Allan" was the Postmaster and his parents before him. My aunt took over from him in the late 1960s and in all the business ...Read more

A memory of Gainford in 1963 by Robert Allan

Hi, I can see that Janet Lee has posted some info, I am wondering if you are the older sister of Patricia Lee or perhaps another relative. Their family emigrated to Australia on the Canberra some time in the early 1960s. I was also a ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1960 by Debra Richards

This picture reminds me of the days spent in East Witton at my grandfathers house it was on the right as you look up the green with the pub behind you, it had a archway and it was a working farm there was no electricity and the water came ...Read more

A memory of East Witton in 1962 by Dave Kirby

My brother Gareth posted the first memory on this post. I am Arwel Wyn, just as Gareth is Gareth Wyn, and our brothers David and Elfyn, and sister Nerys are all Wyn's too. Dad Eric and mum Morfudd were creatures of ...Read more

A memory of Groeslon in 1961 by Arwel Griffith

My family lived in a flat above Lloyds Bank in Nork Parade for some three years, until the summer of 1966 - by which time I was almost six years old. I would lean of the front window next to the block letters of 'Nork Radio' just ...Read more

A memory of Nork in 1965