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Who remembers going to the Swing Park at the bottom of Lodge Hill? We used to play pick up the lolly stick - laying down on the roundabout. And a blindfold game was played on the Big Umbrella - The game was called L O N D O ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1972 by Joanne De Wit

I was born 1965 at Walton Hall and for the first few years of my life lived at Warmfield Lane opposite George Shaw's farm. We then moved to Woodland Ave in Kirkthorpe, a small house with a huge garden that ...Read more

A memory of Kirkthorpe in 1970 by Ian Shaw

I remember as a young girl spending many hours down Dinas lane, if you went all the way down there was an old abandoned house. We used to go there and pick the daffodils and blue bells. I was always taking them home for my mum, there ...Read more

A memory of Pentre-bach in 1970 by Tracy Pritchard

I went to red house boarding school from about 71 till about 74 used to fish in the old pond up at burgh Heath never had a bite my name is Gary slater. Mr Hopkins was my guitar teacher. Still play now

A memory of Burgh Heath in 1971

Teignmouth was a very different place then. You could use 2p's to go on the rides which used to be dotted a long the seafront, also there wre lots of boat trips you could go on. Even the train fare was cheaper, there ...Read more

A memory of Teignmouth in 1975 by Louise Todd

My family and I lived at Manor Farm from the early 1970s into the 1980s. My father worked on the White family farm and the farmhouse came with the job. Although I felt isolated at times, it was a magical place to grow up, ...Read more

A memory of Teversham in 1974 by Catherine Mason

Back in 1971, I joined a friend from London on a surfing trip to Polzeath. I'm from America, and was in the middle of a year-long jaunt around Europe and North Africa. I hadn't gone surfing in several months and was ...Read more

A memory of Polzeath in 1971 by Joel Sanoff

I used to walk down this alleyway to school. There is a sandbank on one side leading to the housing estate that I think is called Woodlands (It used to be referred to as the Wates estate). We used to ciimb up on to the bank in ...Read more

A memory of Reigate in 1974 by Stephen Punt

Hi Carol, I was really fascinated to read about your account of living at 28 The Grip Linton, since I grew up there. My parents Eurof and Dawn Walters moved to the house in 1969/1970 and I was born in November 1970. My ...Read more

A memory of Linton in 1970 by Leigh Walters

Wonderful long days riding my ponies around Ranmore Common through the 70's and 80's with my good friends and my mother. We had such lovely times together, friendship and the love of ...Read more

A memory of Ranmore Common in 1976 by Nina Bransgrove Knight