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I was sent to beech House at St Augustine's in 1964 to 1966. I always found the people in the village very friendly. I remember long walks down to the church and mill,and waiting on the station for the train home for the holidays. I have ...Read more

A memory of Chartham in 1964 by Andy Morley

One didn't have to travel to London in the past to watch pro bands plying their trade. The Nag's Head public house was a much attended venue during the late 1960s and early 1970s for watching many of the (what was then known as) ...Read more

A memory of Wollaston in 1969 by Mick Austin

I moved to Freshford with my family when I was 12 years old and lived at The Inn for 5 years before moving away. We did not have the wall on the end of the building that you see in the foreground. By then a large car park had ...Read more

A memory of Freshford in 1964 by Rosemary Leader

My grandmother was Ann Elizabeth Price and lived in a beautiful house. She ran a little shop in the house and it was called YE OLD TUCK SHOPE. It is the most beautiful little village I have every seen. I remember the ...Read more

A memory of Lucton in 1962 by Sandra Mc Mahon

When I went to the school we had our dinners in a room downstairs and heaven help you if you cheeked the dinner ladies. The Headmaster's son at the time, Michael Roe, did and he got a real telling off and probably the cane too! ...Read more

A memory of Disley in 1961 by Sally Pethybridge

Hooley Hospital, although near Hooley, was in fact Netherne Hospital for the mentally ill. Those patients allowed out frequented the Hooley shops, The Star public house (long gone due to road widening) and village jumble sales. The hospital ...Read more

A memory of Hooley in 1960 by Roger Wakeling

I remember Clifton in a different light. We lived at 17 Pastures Avenue during 1966/7, my brother or one of them, he's the youngest, was born there. I met my half sisters and brothers there. I have always liked ...Read more

A memory of Newark-on-Trent in 1967 by Jean Smith

This view from Downs Way shows Beckley Parade and my uncle's shop which was next to the houses, the first house belonged to Councillor Turville Kill. My uncle's shop was a greengrocers and he and my aunt moved from here to the ...Read more

A memory of Great Bookham in 1961 by sue.rainer

I lived in the cottage next to the Chapel, and played with Wendy, we used to cycle to Upware and Wicken fen. At one point we would sit on the haystacks after the farmers had finished them. I would go horse riding in ...Read more

A memory of Swaffham Prior in 1966 by Mary Whiting

My parents moved into Station Rd in 1963, as a newly married couple. There was a terrace of new houses built in Station Rd in 1962/63 & theirs was the furthest house down the road, the end of the terrace, I think No.28? I was ...Read more

A memory of Meopham in 1963 by Tracey Acton