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I grew up in Motspur Park, living in Claremont Avenue from 1958 - 1980 where my mother still lives. The swing gate railway crossing which we used to hang onto while the signal man wound them open and closed (the record for ...Read more

A memory of Motspur Park in 1966 by Gary Elmer

I have fond memories of growing up in Leverson St, not far from Mitcham Lane where our local shops were. I went to Eardley Rd School & then on to Dunraven Secondary School. Spent a lot of my teenage yrs at the Locarno, Bowling ...Read more

A memory of Streatham in 1965 by Diane Cotterill

I lived here, Woodside Crescent, from 1958 when I was 2 yrs old to 1967 when our family wanted to see more of the world...so we moved to Horley...oh yes, we got around! Went to school near the village centre and further down ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1960 by Paul Hartley

My great uncle Frank and his wife Fan Sampson and their partner Chip Wright owned this park then. My grandfather Bert Sampson helped out there too. We used to come for family holidays from our home in London. I ...Read more

A memory of Norton in 1964 by Dawn Sampson

From 1959 to 1973 I lived at Tooting Junction. '59-69 in Glasford Street opposite the police station, then when I got married in 1969 I moved one whole road away in Renmuir Street! Many local people may remember our big, black ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1963 by Jackie Rice

I can remember the only time I went in the pool at Marsden Park. I couldn't swim and was about 7 years old. For some reason prob the cold water my mum didn't want  to go in the water so a neighbour took me in. That was the only time I ever ...Read more

A memory of Nelson in 1968 by Janet Cottrell

I lived next door to Mr Dales newsagents on Highfield Road in Bramley. Opposite were rows of terraces in those days with a shop on the end of each terrace. A chip shop on the end of the first row and a ...Read more

A memory of Bramley in 1968 by Angela Burgoyne

I was born in 1951, so belong to the generation of Saturday morning cinema goers in Wallsend who just couldn't wait for Saturdays. The choice was big in the late 1950's. The Gaumont (corner of Park Road and High Street East). The Royal ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend in 1960 by Michael Innes

The large house to the left of this photograph is my chidlhood home, Brynderwen. It is at the bottom of Field Street , opposite the Con Club, next to the Surgery. My father was one of the local Doctors who ...Read more

A memory of Pen-y-graig in 1961 by Jan Thomas

I can remember watching in awe as the cattle was walked to the market (now a car park) through the High and West Street..pigs, sheep, cows, chickens etc and standing up on the temporary fencing reaching over to ...Read more

A memory of Fareham in 1962 by Jean Oxtoby (Wigmore)