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When I was a child, my family stayed in the house then called "Fresh Field" on the corner of August Lane and Ride Lane (we were in the UK on 6 months home leave from the Far East where I grew up). My ...Read more

A memory of Farley Green in 1967

I was born on this road in 1957 at number 21 and well remember it looking like this for years as my friends and I grew up here. There were no hedges, or very few then, and I still remember the concrete posts with two strands of galvanised ...Read more

A memory of Killamarsh in 1960 by Keith Dye

My aunt and uncle lived in Windward House on Shore Road, Kilcreggan, during the 1960s and early 1970s. My uncle was deputy headmaster at Greenock High School and travelled over to school every day on Ritchies' Ferries or the ...Read more

A memory of Kilcreggan in 1968 by Gillian Redpath

I was born in Holland, Surrey in 1961. I have a lot of memories of the post office, especially the vast array of sweets, which we spent some of our pocket money on. It was a lovely shop, our magazines were picked up here every ...Read more

A memory of Holland by Judy Horne

Gunsite Farm was at the end of Limekiln Lane, which was a dirt track. On the left were a row of cottages, on the right, bigger semi detatched where the better off lived. The Alan Rutherford family, (loads of them), Brian Cummings, Steve ...Read more

A memory of Fawley in 1958 by Mick Reynolds

My wife Evette, was born in York Parade, Dagenham? or Ilford, in 1938 and her dad worked at the Ford plant. Her family moved north to Wallasey when she was only 7 so she only has vague memories of the area. Over the last few years we ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1940 by Ian Ross

I remember Norton Bridge from 1969 when there were two shops. One that was part of the post office, the Railway Inn pub and the railway staion. Sadly all that exists out of all these now, is just the pub. We made our own fun in ...Read more

A memory of Norton Bridge by David Thomas

My army father was posted to the staff college in Latimer after his 3 years in the Korean war. One of the happier parts of my childhood in a lovely little rented cottage adjoining a farm with a big barn where we could play, there were ...Read more

A memory of Latimer in 1954 by Alison Fowles

My grandmother Minnie or Minna Shepherd, was brought up at the Mill as part of quite a large family. She married a guy who also lived there for a while, by the name of William, James Nash. Does anyone have any further knowledge? I also ...Read more

A memory of Figheldean by David Harper

Ms Grisdale, I cannot tell you how excited my Mum was when we found this site and your comment to Mr Fountain's memory posting. Marcia Bowen (mum) was so happy and nostalgic to read all the comments and postings about ...Read more

A memory of Almondsbury in 1950 by Steve Summers