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I was 6 when we moved to Hixon from Stowe by Chartley. My dear dad Len, my 2 sisters Rose and Sue and my 2 brothers Gray and Mick. We lived in the Croft no 24, my brother still lives in that house today overlooking the woods that were ...Read more

A memory of Hixon in 1965 by Pam Clemson

I remember as a wee girl going with my brother Donald to buy sixpence worth of stale buns. I don't remember the bakers but it was behind Boots the Chemist. It was always a treat if your mum had a spare sixpence and ...Read more

A memory of Ayr in 1967 by Laura Wilson

I remember visiting the mill many years ago as my mother had an uncle who worked there, and often went into the house on the right which then was the mill´s offices. Everyone used to buy Viv Wood's fish and chips ...Read more

A memory of Paddock Wood in 1960 by Jean Hardcastle

I came down from Scotland when I was 16 & was a nanny in Broad Hinton for a year for Mr & Mrs Huddy (can't remember the name of the house), & then I decided that I wanted to work with horses, so I got a job ...Read more

A memory of Clyffe Pypard in 1969 by Alison Cloy

My dad Jimmy was the local 'Baxter the butcher' for many years. I remember going to Samuel LLoyds school and going to see him to get my mince for cookery. We used to live next door to the doctor's surgery in ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1962 by Linda Tume Nee Wilson

1964 was the year I moved from Barking to Bletchley because my aunt and uncle Jay lived there since 1954, we used to go to there's for Christmas, it was boring, nowt to do loads of snow and woods and cows. When I first got of the ...Read more

A memory of Bletchley in 1964 by Bob Warren

Born 1950, moved to Barker Road, Bredbury, 1954. Apparently we were one of the first families to inhabit the estate. Attended Barrack Hill. Remember Browns, the two old ladies in the sweet shop next ...Read more

A memory of Woodley in 1961 by Peter Francis

I attended Brimington Boys from 1962 - 1966. The Headmaster during my school time was the arch nemises of all pupils, Mr D Kelly. Looking back now I have nothing but admiration and a great respect for him and his ...Read more

A memory of Brimington in 1962 by Paul Gibbons

Having been born in Ann Street in 1962, my memories of the surrounding area are quite vivid, including Waddles Foundry; the metal beating from the works would often wake me in the morning. It was on land just behind the Bull pub, ...Read more

A memory of Llanelli in 1969 by Julie Hart

I'm as sure as I can be, that the little boy in the picture with the black coat is me. I would have been three to four years old (depending what time of year the picture was taken). I was the youngest at the home at that ...Read more

A memory of Glenfield in 1960 by Peter Anthony