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I had a very happy childhood growing up in Hawthorn until I left at the age of fifteen to join the Royal Navy in 1960. Hawthorn consisted of two distinct halves separated by a 'main road'. The top site had flat roofs while the ...Read more

A memory of Hawthorn by Ronald Toghill

I was in a children's home here and fostered to a lovely couple, Mr and Mrs Smith, at Little Stone Cottage, Haslemere. My natural mother wanted me back and I never saw them again. I recently found this information out in ...Read more

A memory of Redhill in 1960 by Violet Stevens

My memory is of very happy days living at 35 Kirkly Park Road which was a children's nursery run by Mr and Mrs. Bleby when I was there from 1952 til 1957. There were around 20 of us children living there. Many of us like ...Read more

A memory of Lowestoft by Tony Moore

I was sent to Eden Hall as a 9 year old as my asthma was causing me to miss school. My brother Brett Imray had gone a few years earlier and I have awesome memories of the school and Bacton. I only stayed about 18 months. It was such a ...Read more

A memory of Bacton in 1974 by Daryll Imray

I remember the various market stalls well, and the market cafe where you could be a greasy bacon cob, and a well stewed tea from the giant tea pot ! I used to buy a bundle of nylon stockings from a stall on the town hall corner. There was ...Read more

A memory of Worksop in 1966 by Karen Walsh

Further to my memories I spoke of before, I can remember games we used to play like split the kipper, tally ho, blonk, and a lot more. The summer months were great, we would go over the moors and spend all day over there, if we ...Read more

A memory of Thornley by Michael Mccoy

I had lots of friends to play with up on the green and also the woods where we used to ride our push bikes or swing on the big rope swing over the sandy bank. I even fell off and broke my arm. I also broke my jaw falling out ...Read more

A memory of Reigate in 1975

I played tenor sax with The Dukes in the late 1950s. They had a great line up: Tam Easton on drums, Bill Young on base guitar, Willie Finlayson on vocals, Alec Hutchinson on rhythm and the fabulous John Fairgreive on lead guitar. ...Read more

A memory of Bonnyrigg in 1956 by William Bryce

I played tenor sax with The Dukes in the late 1950s. Tom Easton played drums, Bill Young played bass guitar, Alec Hutchieson rhythm guitar and the fabulous John Fairgreive lead guitar with Willie Findleyson ...Read more

A memory of Bonnyrigg in 1956 by William Bryce

I was born in Diss but now live in Kilmarnock, if my memory serves me well, down Mount Street, where my granny on my mother's side lived. We, me and my brother, used to visit our cousins who lived beside gran and play in The Rectory ...Read more

A memory of Diss in 1966 by Tony Sandy