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Reading this site has bought some lovely memories back. I was born at 99 Lynton Aveuue and lived there happily with my mum and dad, Tom and Alice, and my brother and sisters Mandy, Annette and Richard (Richard and my dad have ...Read more

A memory of Colindale in 1964 by Martin Leonard

We lived at Well House in Castle Road, Saltwood for about 15 years in the 1960s & 70s....Mum, Dad, my 2 brothers and myself. Absolutely loved the place and was gutted when parents moved us all to Bournemouth. We ...Read more

A memory of Saltwood by Colin Martin

During the Second World War I was sometimes taken by my mother to stay with her grandmother, Mrs Bevis, at the house called Rivermead, about 100 yards downhill from the church, by a sharp bend to the left. Mrs Bevis must have rented ...Read more

A memory of Sandhurst in 1942 by Bevis Lake

This picture brings back very happy memories for me, as it shows my grandparents' (Arthur and Madge Douglas) shop and cafe (Cum agen Cafe) where we spent many, many happy times.  Pickering certainly has changed since then.  On the ...Read more

A memory of Pickering

Lynette Carter (nee) Evans I was born in Glossip Terrace Hospital Splott Cardiff. My family and I first moved to Heol Cynllan Road, Llanharan when I was just over 2 years old. We lived with my Aunty Fanny and ...Read more

A memory of Llanharan in 1964 by Lynette Carter

I remember being sent to Tilney Hall as an 11 year old, this was arranged by my doctor and my local school. I was told it was an `Open Air' school for children with medical problems. I remember boarding a coach to be taken ...Read more

A memory of Rotherwick in 1953 by Mary Jones

We moved to Pantymwyn from Stretton near Burton on Trent in November 1947 and took up residence in a Terra Nova which was, and although now enlarged, still is a bungalow on Cefn Bychan Road. My dad ...Read more

A memory of Pantymwyn in 1947 by Bob Cokayne

My father decided that living near London was unsafe in 1940 so I was evacuated to my aunt in Hastings. I remember the trip well, the train stopped en-route as the trains coming from the coast were full of soldiers being evacuated from ...Read more

A memory of Hastings in 1940 by Doug Killick

I moved from Egham to Stanwell in 1966 when I was nearly 6 years old. I remember Clare Road shops having a christmas tree on each balcony, it looked like a magical fairy land making Christmas even more special. The ...Read more

A memory of Stanwell in 1966

HI I'm a newbi. I was born in Chester in 1945 and can, as a small child, remember running all around the city in the 1950's. I was born at the City Hospital and I lived at 10 Stanley Place. The first school I went to was St Mary's on the ...Read more

A memory of Chester in 1950 by Mick Joinson