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My Memory is of the Kerry Arms Hotel between 1972 to 1979. My parents were the Manager and Manageress and I was the oldest of 4. I was 6 when we moved there. My Sister Gail and I went to a little school around the corner called St Peters. It ...Read more

A memory of Hereford in 1976 by Maria Harkin

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

I grew up first in flats opposite the shops in Daiglen Drive (I was born in Islington), then when I was about 3 we moved to Eskley Gardens. It was a great place - the old Belhouse mansion was derelict at that time, and we (my ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1963 by Michael Campbell

All the activities and events mentioned in these memories, I have also been involved in. Going to St. Georges school, teachers being Mr Church and Mr Allen, being at school when the King died. Going to the Odeon at Northfields ...Read more

A memory of Brentford by Barry Draper

Myself and my family have great fond memories of our yearly holidays in Jaywick. There would be mum, dad and us 4 kids and we would stay in Meadow Way usually, I think it was number 322, almost opposite the Las ...Read more

A memory of Jaywick by Derek Cullum

I lived in Ledger Drive in Addlestone from around 1954 and went to Ottershaw Infants (still have a class photo from around 1959/60) then St Pauls Juniors/ Secondary Modern. Worked in Weybridge, Walton and Shepperton and had a care ...Read more

A memory of Addlestone by Barry Lamb

The film, Spencers Mountain, was shown at the ABC cinema, Dewsbury and all the Spencer families in Dewsbury were invited for the first showing. I was only 6 years old at the time but have fond ...Read more

A memory of Dewsbury in 1963 by Jane Spencer

This photo brought back memories of when I delivered papers in 1954 along Normady Way down under the rail bridge and along the riverside. Even as a young paper lad I still remember the tranquility of the river in the early ...Read more

A memory of Saltash in 1954 by Maurice Harris

My mother, Gladys Mary Jefford as she was known (her birth certificate said she was Gladys Ethel Mary Parkhouse Grey) lived in Shaldon from 1912- 1942. She married my father up in Birkenhead and my sister and I returned to ...Read more

A memory of Shaldon in 1930 by Angela Rickett (Nee Kavanagh)

I was born in the flat above the shop to the left of this picture in 1953. This shop named A & L Hoyal was run by my grandfather, Albert Hoyal, and his brother Les Hoyal. Though the photo was taken in Faringdon Road, most of the ...Read more

A memory of Swindon in 1953 by Peter Jenvey