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Living approx, six miles from Windsor, one on a clear night could just see Windsor castle. I have been often told that Her Royal Majesty had her own country house where I lived and that on occasions she would reside there rather than ...Read more

A memory of Windsor in 1969 by Roland Mitchell

These memories actually date back to the summer of 1967 as well as that of 1968. Sometimes, there was no work in the fields, or I needed money because I was such a lazy fruit picker. So I left Leverington and applied to be hired at ...Read more

A memory of Wisbech in 1968

I grew up in Rhos on Sea and remember very clearly the group of shops in this photo. I was sent regulary to Reynolds Hairdressers for a "Short Back & Sides" and as a small child sat on a plank of wood which rested on the arms of ...Read more

A memory of Rhos in 1965

I taught at Stubbington House to see whether teaching was my metier, with Andrew Walters and John Bardolph, still good friends. I remember Mr Field, an MCC member, who occasionally took cricket nets and we always imagined him ...Read more

A memory of Stubbington in 1963 by Michael Faunce Brown

My memories of Heswall children's hospital? An imposing building. Actually very intimidating to a youngester. They did not get 'person centred care'. I can recall a nurse on the the Cleft Pallete and Hare ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1965 by Alison Brear

I was working at Hamsterley colliery in 1963 to 1967, pony driving and putting tubs. Putting was sometimes hard work. All the pitmen were honest and good workers, pit ponies were our friends as they made ...Read more

A memory of Hamsterley in 1966 by Billy Bell

I lived in Harold hill, from 1956 till 1970. We lived in Chudleigh Rd - Mum, Dad, and my sister Susan. I attended Dycourts, then went to Quarles - what memories of Miss Knapton and her dog, Pickles, who she would often ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1962 by May Law

My nan, Beatrice Wareham used to live at Dovas cottages and we used to come and spend our summer holidays with her. My Aunt Jane and Uncle Mickey Hevele lived at The Borough and my cousin Elizabeth used to work for ...Read more

A memory of Crondall in 1960 by Christine Greathead

I was born in Glossop Terrace Hospital in 1962. Whilst growing up, I spent my days in Splott and Tremorfa known as Michelle Ursell. Going to Splott Park alot and around Splott Rd and Clifton S. Life was alot different then to ...Read more

A memory of Splott in 1962

As a small child, I visited Mabelthorpe with my grandparents ,we used to stay with my great aunty Edith Langton, who lived on Seaholme Road and she had a great many chickens and goats.The sun always seem to shine, as we always remember ...Read more

A memory of Mablethorpe in 1960 by Susan Moore