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Photo is taken on Cutsyke Road, opposite where Bradley Arms pub (was?) with entrance to Church Lane just to left of photo. I moved to Church Lane in 1960 when I was 2 as my Mum and Dad took over North Featherstone Post ...Read more

A memory of Featherstone by mike.rn

I lived in Langdale Gardens. From 1950 to 1963 then got married and moved away, went to Ayloff school then to Sutton’s secondary. As teenagers we used to drink at Hornchurch pub and a disco round the corner. Sometimes me and my ...Read more

A memory of Elm Park by Michael Cole

Memories of getting the tube from Arnos Grove to Rayners Lane and then the long walk up Imperial Drive - until reaching the driving centre. The set up included traffic lights, zebra crossings, ...Read more

A memory of Harrow by John Walmisley

I moved with my family to live in Heath Lane in early 1956, just at the end of the side road leading to the 'rec'.  At that time, it was a country lane with high hedges and there were fields where Granville Drive now is.  Reynolds ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton by Bob Young

I spent many hours in this library until its closure in the early 1960s. Immediately inside was the section where books were handed in on return and new loans were issued. No bar codes and scanning in those days, each book had a ...Read more

A memory of Luton in 1959 by Alan Squire

Yes, I lived on the Watchfield housing estate from 1952 to 1953. Large numbers of paras and their equipment were dropped regularly at the airfield. Trainees jumped from large silver barrage balloons, but experienced ...Read more

A memory of Watchfield in 1953 by Geoff King

I attended the small village school which was located a bit behind the George Hotel. The school was on a corner with a small park across the road. A vaguely victorian stone building .... and an incongruous copy of a ...Read more

A memory of Crawley in 1952 by Anthony Batten

Hi, I am trying to get in contact with someone called Belinda Armson who lived at Little Cote on the common at East Runton. I used to vist East Runton on all my summer school holidays and I would love to find her. She had a brother ...Read more

A memory of East Runton in 1960 by Mary Martin

It is as if my grandmother Gwendoline Edith Hunt, nee Hodges, has ceased to exist. For years and through various forums I have searched for information about her and her family (Wooton locals....Horace and Ethel Hodges who lived ...Read more

A memory of Northampton in 1930 by Sheridan Davies

Edale Youth Hostel is an adventure centre with organised activities like caving, abseiling, rock climbing and archery. Each September for many years I accompanied two coach loads of sixteen year olds who ...Read more

A memory of Edale in 1996 by John Howard Norfolk