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I remember growing up on Milton Road. Most of the families moved in at the same time, we were mostly from Scotland, our dads came to Doncaster to work in the coal mines. All our neighbours were friends, all the kids played ...Read more

A memory of Carcroft by Jacki Reeves

My earliest memories are of the married quarters, well into the interior of the barracks of the Dorset Regiment. My father had escaped the poverty of the East End of London in 1923. By 1937 he was a ...Read more

A memory of Dorchester in 1930 by Peter Giles

Southend-on-Sea in the 50’s At the housing estate in Mitcham where we lived they had a tenants association. Every Friday night, two of the committee would go round to the Elm Court flats in Mitcham, where we lived, ...Read more

A memory of Southend-on-Sea by Carole Baldwin

I was an evacuee from Coventry at the age 6 with my mother and 4 siblings. We had been bombed out of our house and came to live in what i think was a Manse next to the Church in Coleshill Street. (on a memory lane trip years ...Read more

A memory of Sutton Coldfield by r.lonsdale2322

In the 1950s I lived in Broadhurst Gardens and every day walked with friends through this twitten to get to North Bank School in Smoke Lane. The lane was dark and overgrown on one side and on the other side backed onto the Crusader Insurance ...Read more

A memory of Reigate by Barbara Walters

IWAS BORN PATRICIA ANN MACHON IN HOVE SUSSEX IN 1943 BUT CAME TO LIVE IN MAESTEGLOVED MY STAY IN MAESTEG AND MADE A FEW FRIENDS THERE, I WENT TO PLASNEWYD IN 1948 AND MET A FEW GOOD FRIEND THEN WENT ON TO LLYNDERW SCHOOL I THINK I KNEW SANDRA SHE ...Read more

A memory of Maesteg by pat_280

The Floral hall along with a cafe, cinema also had a dance hall as a ballroom dancer and local I regularly attended for practice and competition. It was also the dance hall of choice for Saturday night having the better bands ...Read more

A memory of Morecambe by stuart

Septemeber 1950. We had just completed our eight weeks basic training at RAF West Kirby and were all eager to know where our next posting was to be. Against my name was RAF Amport but this raised a problem, no one had a clue where ...Read more

A memory of Amport by hachesney

What a great page to find. I grew up in Dunsmuir Rd , (mary coupe) swam and played at splott park. Walked carefree back and forward to st albans each day. Loved being chase by the parkie when we over stayed our welcome in the ...Read more

A memory of Splott by chippy2

I came to whitstable at the age of 11years old from the east end of London I was sent to St Vincent's school in castle road l was there for 3 yrs in 1967 and was sent back home to London must say l fell in love with whitstable ...Read more

A memory of Whitstable by henryg69