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When I was a child, living in Coventry, my parents used to pack me off to Milford to get some fresh sea air and spend quality time with my cousins! My best times were when we went off to buy sweets - I loved ...Read more

A memory of Milford on Sea in 1961 by Olivia Harrod

I used to play around this pond, ride my bike through the edges, and later on caught fish here. Many of those were aquarium species that had been released into the pond. We used to catch goldfish often, and I once placed a crayfish ...Read more

A memory of Wembley Park in 1965 by Steve Windsor

This was the year we moved to Harlow from Tottenham. The market was much nicer then than it has been since, especially since the council put up those awful permanent stalls. At the corner of the market nearest the clock on the wall was a ...Read more

A memory of Harlow in 1960 by Sue Rowley

Does anyone remember the racing stables in Childrey? We lived there for a short while. I cannot remember the name of the road or much about the place except I believe that someone committed suicide in the bathroom we had, spooky memories, ...Read more

A memory of Childrey in 1960 by Jean Bye

North Somercotes played a large part in my growing up, I lived with my parents, sister and brother on the Lakeside Lido in St Annes Avenue, next to my friend Cherry Mayfield. I particularly remember when we both had chickenpox and ...Read more

A memory of North Somercotes in 1968 by Linda Butler

I started living here in 1969 when I married my wife Juettee Burgess who was the riding instuctress at Stangrave Hall stables. I was stationed at the Guards' barracks in Caterham when we met and when I finished in the ...Read more

A memory of Godstone in 1969 by James Gabriel Brown

In February 1963, when I was six and a half, my parents bought their first house, in Thorpe Road, East Ham. It was and had been a very cold winter, and when we moved in we had difficulty opening the back door, as there was so ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1963 by Jackie Craig

When I was a child I lived in foster care in Hartest and one of my fondest memories is of riding my bike down Harvest Hill. Many years have gone by since my carefree, days of feeling the joy of rideing that bike and the fun I had going down ...Read more

A memory of Hartest in 1968 by Sharon Arnold

I remember the day we moved into this little village. It was freezing cold, must have been February, mum had put a heater on in the lounge & I was riding round it on my little tricycle, but I was only 18 months ...Read more

A memory of Fernhill Heath in 1969 by Claire Bowler

Two of my friends i(Bob and Tony) n our Manchester University Hall of Residence were both train buffs and motorcyclists so one early summer weekend in 1967 we rode our bikes on a Friday evening down the "East Lancs ...Read more

A memory of Douglas in 1967 by John Howard Norfolk