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I was 4 in 1960, but I remember my dad working as a goods guard on the railway at the back of our house in Church Crescent, He used to go over the garden fence to work, and catch the train to Brecon, and North Wales from ...Read more

A memory of Bassaleg in 1960 by Marilyn Lomas

This parade of shops always seemed very modern to me - flat glass fronts instead of the curved windows with recessed doors, and flats above the shops. It was the Traps Hill end of the town and so was the first place we reached when we ...Read more

A memory of Loughton in 1960 by Susan Capes

My husband was at RAF Benson in 1969. We got married in November, but could not find any accommodation around the airfield. In desperation we rented a tiny caravan in a farmer's field south of the airfield. There was no ...Read more

A memory of Benson in 1969 by Jeanette Clarke

when i was a child i attended hunters bar school in sheffield, i lived on chelsea road at bryncliffe. i cant remember the park at the bottom of the road from the school, but i remember going there every thursday, my aunt ...Read more

A memory of Sheffield in 1961 by Jane Rothwell Meehan

At the far end of this parade of shops stood Ledgers the greengrocers, which was owned and run by the Ledger family for many years. I worked there on Saturdays and holidays with their eldest son Jamie; he and I did a lot ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1966 by Alan Bywaters

I remember the excitement of seeing the hovercraft as a child. We used to spend many days on the beach at Penarth usually at the Pier end but when the Hovercraft visited we of course congregated at what we called the 'landing stage' end ...Read more

A memory of Penarth in 1963 by Michael Evans

I brought up 3 children in Cyprus Street and have loads of memories of the area before demolition of the house from St. Johns Street through to Charing Cross. This was a redevelopement area in the 1960s -70s. Many of us ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead in 1960 by Del Phillips

Does anyone know what became of the family named CASTON who ran the Bell Inn in the early 60's ? JANE CASTON was my friend back then and I remember the fun we had and sleeping over at the Bell Inn with a ghost or two. She had a ...Read more

A memory of Woodham Walter in 1964 by Lynda Reed

My memories are that of visiting a certain student teacher from St George's Road. Throwing pebbles up at the ladies' window one evening. Wine and cheese at the pub. Little old man at the roadside bench. The Last of the Summer Wine could well have been made in New Mills. Eddie Hadley

A memory of New Mills in 1964 by Eddie Hadley

I remember going to the dances at the Welfare Hall with my friends Dorothy Bridges and Margaret Wood, we all livedf at theMiners houses at 'North' it was called because all the streets began with an A. I loved ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1960 by Anne Dexter