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What a memory, I was there from 1957 to 59, I remember being in bed for the first year with the school trolley coming every day, learning basket work, and making little red riding hood baskets for the nursing staff. I had a young ...Read more

A memory of Taplow by davidoverfield1

My name is Bill Young not related to the girl with the same name above, and I too was at the Edith Brough home in Whaggs Lane Whickham. I went there with my brother Bobby in the late 1940's, probably about 1946/7/8 ...Read more

A memory of Whickham by bjyoung2009

My uncle Steve owned a bungalow in Jaywick Sands, "Abijan", at 18 Lavender Walk where I spent my childhood bank holidays and annual six week school holiday between 1945 and 1953 and occasionally short breaks in ...Read more

A memory of Jaywick by ducatee

Soon after I began motorcycling in the mid fifties I began to take what has been a lifelong interest in motorcycle racing. In those days it was a good trek to Brands Hatch as there were no M1 or M25 motorways and the journey ...Read more

A memory of Brands Hatch Circuit by ducatee

I have lived on cedar street in ashton under lyne from being born to getting married and moving on the street opposite cedar street , Alderley street , my mum being still on Cedar street now , I remember where my ...Read more

A memory of Ashton-Under-Lyne by ultimatechez

I went to the school in the 1960s Miss Hunt was the new teacher following miss Saxton , one un pleasant memory I had was being vaccinated I decided to be the last to be done and got the blunt shared needle, it hurt!, other smarter boys went first who told me why they did.

A memory of Easter Compton

i was born in 1947 in welbeck rd, but my parents moved to hart lane, when my family grew to 7 six boys and a girl, we did'nt have a lot but we got by all the kids round hart lane derwent rd and brooms rd, we used to play football on the ...Read more

A memory of Luton

My memories are we had a lovely childhood growing up there,there was nine of us and all played together,went to School at East Drayton walked there and back until we was eleven years old. The photo of the old farm ...Read more

A memory of Stokeham by kathleen.elizabeth

I was born at 12 Ashwood Avenue on Peel Brow estate Ramsbottom in 1952. My father after being demobbed from the eighth army in 1945 had always and continued to work in cotton mills. In 1960 our ...Read more

A memory of Stubbins by david

We moved to Wickford Drive from Islington when I was 4 years old. Loved our house and living on Harold Hill! Had a dog called Sandy who was a real tramp but loved him to bits! Went to Dycourts and then Harrowfields Girls. ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill by vbkt