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Well, the sixties and early seventies, really. We used to have a holiday with grandparents George and Ethel Hind. The house had been in the family for some years from Grandma's side, the Jones' - I ...Read more

A memory of Ebbw Vale in 1967 by Deborah Bell

I spent from 1958 to 1963 living in Llanilar at a house named Glanhaul, at the time it was owned by a local farmer Lloyd George. I spent many wonderful holiday time at the farm Glarafon, tenanted by Will and gwen Jones, and returned 37 ...Read more

A memory of Llanilar in 1960 by Keith Harvey

I was married to my long standing girl friend Brenda at Elm Road, Baptist Chapel in September 1968. We had first met six years earlier at the Regal dance hall in Beckenham and after our marriage, lived in Anerley Park, ...Read more

A memory of Beckenham in 1968 by David Strohacker

As a child my family lived on a farm about two miles from Hepple village. Like my 2 older brothers I attended the primary school at nearby Hepple. I started my school life there in August 1961 and remember being upset ...Read more

A memory of Hepple in 1965 by Norman Anderson

If you walked around the first corner to the Odeon you got a good view of the old Blast Furnaces that use to turn Corby's night sky orange. It never got dark in the Corby of my childhood. The Candle and all the steel and tube mills lit ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1962 by Kenneth Little

I remember Garelochhead well. I lived in the village. We made big swings with rope over the trees at the back of my house in Dunivard Place - I nearly killed myself on them lol. We played rounders and used to knock ...Read more

A memory of Garelochhead in 1960 by Rosemary Dougan

This is where our family went when we where on holiday. My father came from Penzance and my auntie lived in custom house lane. This has loads of memories for me. Always walk up there when we come down from Somerset.

A memory of Penzance in 1965 by James Edwards

I was a boy at St Johns when it was known as an approved school (1966 to 1969). I had some great times, going out to play all sports. All the staff were good, no one was really strict. My house master was from Wales, a Mr Sullivan. ...Read more

A memory of Tiffield in 1966 by Mark Rhodes

I remember arriving in Morecambe in 1967, with a mate of mine, to work the Summer at Pontin's in Middleton but, due to a clerical error, our job's were no longer open. So, on the way back to Morecambe, (on the bus), we ...Read more

A memory of Heysham in 1967 by Pat Hocking

My family lived in Marion Road and it was one of the houses destroyed by a V1. That was number 11. We lodged with friends and then moved into a 'prefab' number 9 but still had our old back ...Read more

A memory of Thornton Heath in 1960 by Iain Hardy