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My mother Ruth Hadlow lived at number 5 (even though it was the first cottage - should be number 1) memories of visiting my grandad there until he moved in the late eighties. The house next door used to be the old police ...Read more

A memory of Littlebourne in 1968 by Nigel Woodcock

I have many memories of Caerau. I lived at no 40 Railway Terrace from 1942 until 1963, when I got married to Linda Jukes.Wwe left Caerau in 1965 to Luton where I went to work for Vauxhall Motors. It is nice reading about the 50's and ...Read more

A memory of Caerau in 1965 by Colin Evans

I arrived in Halton in 1957 age 6 .My memories are the shops and pubs in Halton. Harold fish shop was the most popular fish shop in Halton. There was Halton Institute where I went to dancing class, Miss Fraser ran it - she ...Read more

A memory of Halton in 1960 by Heather Bogg

I remember the fish shop/butchers in the High Street, it was called Gurrs and they used to smoke the fish out the back of the shop. It was situated between Boots and Rossis. Before the swimming pool was built, the land was ...Read more

A memory of Barkingside in 1964

I lived about 150m from here from 1953 till 1968. This is 'The Red Lion' (the Red Lion pub is just out of shot at the left). Visible shops include Haslams newsagents, Traynors butchers, a greengrocer, grocer and (by this time?) a ladies ...Read more

A memory of Flixton in 1965 by Roger Hare

We lived at no 1 Police House, just off to the right of this photo and then in no 3, the wall of which can be seen on the right - this was the police station - a house with a small office attached. I went to the Church ...Read more

A memory of Rugeley in 1962 by Sharon Hall

I lived in the vale it was really nice in 1960 very cleannot like now every one was happy we maynot of had much but we had fun.I remember the hall in the vale also people used to hire it out.the shops across the road there was a butchers paper ...Read more

A memory of Acton in 1960 by Jean Daniel

Next to Mundays (sweets, stationery and newspapers) was a butcher with sawdust on the floor, a separate paydesk in a kiosk (much more hygienic than today) and tubes which swept ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1965 by Christine Higgs

I wanted to add my own memories of growing up in New Haw from 1965 until moving again in 1973. The family moved from Richmond (then in Middlesex) to 187 New Haw Road, a detached 3-bedroom house with 1/3 acre of ...Read more

A memory of New Haw in 1966 by Andrew Taylor

If I remember correctly on the far left was the chemists, then the butchers, then Reekie's the grocery shop, then Wayletts the sweet shop and post office and then on the right a greengrocers. This could all be wrong of course. I had my ...Read more

A memory of Bromley in 1966 by Jean Pierre Declemy