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I grew up in Marlow during the 60s. I have wonderful memories of a really free childhood of bike rides, exploring the woods, rowing a very old boat on the river, even swimming which my mum never found out about , and just general ...Read more

A memory of Marlow in 1960 by Miss M

I can remember when I was in my teens, myself and a group of friends would hire the boats from the boat house and row all afternoon on Sundays, we had loads of fun up and down the canal, seems like another life time now, 40 year's or ...Read more

A memory of Byfleet in 1966

My parents moved to Higher Bebington Road in 1960. We lived almost at the bottom of the row of houses shown on the left hand side of the photo. I too played in the park and jumped through the gap in the hedge! When we moved ...Read more

A memory of Bebington in 1960 by Peter Lea

I remember the Odeon on Kingstanding Circle. We used to wait for my dad to come home with his wages and then mum would take my sister and myself to the Odeon. We used to queue for ages to get in the shillings! and always had ...Read more

A memory of Kingstanding in 1960 by Marlene Sale (Nee Hodge)

I often used to go to the Miners Hall, to the pictures on a Friday. It was a family treat, we would watch a film, stop at Wynnens chip shop, and also pick a bottle of beer up for my grandfather Percy Honour. We all lived at ...Read more

A memory of Aberaman in 1960 by Michael Smith

I moved to this village in 1967 aged 14. The main building in the centre of the picture is a bank, I think it was the National which later became the National and Westminster Bank. Beyond the bank and to the right on the corner was a ...Read more

A memory of Freckleton in 1967 by David Moore

Another Pentraeth Memory. by Ross Davies Just about 38 years ago, I was approached by some of my former pupils, who were now mostly married and with children of their own, with the idea of forming a Pentraeth based entertainment ...Read more

A memory of Pentraeth in 1969 by James Griffiths

I have very dear memories of Portrush in the 60's. My mum was born there. She lived with her Mum and Dad and two brothers and one sister in Harbour Road. Mum and her sister came over to England in the 50's. We used to go to Portrush ...Read more

A memory of Portrush in 1962 by Angela Swiffen

Preedys was the main tobacconist in Wolverhampton and the Express Cafe at the bottom of Queen Street is where I used to go for dinner on a Saturday after working the Minors matinee film at the ABC cinema in Garrick street. There used ...Read more

A memory of Heath Town in 1960 by Gordon Ford

The park was the place to be on Sunday afternoons, groups of teenagers lying on the grass listening to the top 20 on their state of the art flip top Ekco Radios that contained batteries the size of 6 iPhones, it always seemed to be ...Read more

A memory of Crewe in 1960 by Michael Yoxall