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We moved to Buckingham Road in Edgware from Islington, I thought then that it was the country, I went to Edgware junior school in High Street, I think it's been knocked down now, then I went to St Thomas in Canons ...Read more

A memory of Edgware in 1971 by Derek Doyle

Going to Ammanford Park was a rare treat even though we only lived 3 miles away in Capel Hendre. It was a beautifully manicured park with a great bandstand which was used more for children to play in, than the Ammanford Silver Band! ...Read more

A memory of Ammanford in 1970 by Jennet Sutton

Does anyone remember Dreamland up to the early 1970s? I have many happy memories of Dreamland and the Lido at Cliftonville. In Dreamland there were 3 Roller Coasters. The Scenic Railway at the front which ...Read more

A memory of Kingsgate in 1970 by Ian Nicholls

Can anyone help? I remember visiting my great aunt in the nursing home in Yardley Park near the Ridgeway, Tonbridge, Kent when I was about 8 years old. She died in 1971. Can anyone remember what it was called? Many thanks, Heather.

A memory of Tonbridge in 1975 by Heather Marchant

I used to work on the sweet stall on that corner of the market on Saturdays when I was 17 and 18. Boys could work from 17 but girls were supposed to be 18 which I didn't think was right but I was always a ...Read more

A memory of Worksop in 1973 by Pat Patt

My memories of Taunton don't go back too far. I'd arrived one summer evening in 1970 on the back of Tony's chopper, and stayed with friends for a while at 5 Cannon Street. Amongst the friends I eventually made were: The Colonel, Jake and ...Read more

A memory of Taunton in 1970 by Paul Parry

I learnt to swim in the pool with my school (Robert Clack) in September 1970. Our sports teacher, Mr George, used to tie ropes and pull you along....."Sink or swim", he would bellow. The water was freezing and the changing ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1970 by Rob Marshall

My mum and dad Pat and Brian Green lived in Aveley all there lives, Dad was born 1933 and went to Bushy Bit school and mum was born 1936 and her grandfather Jack Thornhill owned the Prince Albert pub. Once they were married they lived in ...Read more

A memory of Aveley in 1971 by Alison Green

I have lots of fond memories of Cayton Bay as a child in the late 1960s/70s, the only place we knew and loved. Mam had a caravan there, following in her mam's footsteps. We loved to get there in the school ...Read more

A memory of Cayton Bay in 1970

As a child during the 1970s I used to live in Burgess Hill (10 miles away) with my parents and younger brother David. I remember being very small and my mother taking us to Brighton on the stagecoach bus with our next door ...Read more

A memory of Brighton in 1977 by Angela Green