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When I was under 7 in the late 1950's my parents & I lived in Offerton cottages just down the road from what my mother used to call the "Pretty House". The couple who lived there were a Mr & Mrs Dowdswell ( I may ...Read more

A memory of Droitwich Spa in 1959

If I could have picked the ideal weather, for my walk home from work today. It just could not have been improved upon, it was perfect in every way. A clear blue sky,bright sunshine, not a breath of wind throughout. As I ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend by James Bridgewood

What a year ! I was 17 and offered a job by Phil Peters at Bosham Sea School. I arrived in the February to help prepare the sailing dinghies and launch for the coming season. The launch was in the car park and the Wayfarer ...Read more

A memory of Bosham in 1970 by Stewart Robinson

Following on from my cousin Mick Packwood's memories of Saltfleet in the 1970s, I would like to add mine. Life there was pretty simple as I guess most places were during that period. Fishing was the main pastime during ...Read more

A memory of Saltfleet in 1971 by Nigel Stokes

I remember so many people from Abertysswg that it was great to find this website and know there are people writing about the village I shall always think of as ' home '. Had fate been kinder to me I most probably would never have left ...Read more

A memory of Abertysswg by Linda Shapiro

I was born in post-war Corringham into a large family that had been evacuated from the blitzed East End of London. I was christened and married at St. Mary's Church and I lived in Chamberlain Avenue (down the left fork of the road) ...Read more

A memory of Corringham in 1940

I spent quite a time at this hospital when I was a child, all the staff were very good. It was my second home, I went there when I was born in 1958 whth my angelical hip bone, I shall miss the old place.

A memory of Alton in 1958 by Brenda Green

As a lad, in the fifties after Sunday lunch, my father would drive my mother, my two sisters and I to Seasalter. The beach was made up of pebbles and shells, not as comfortable as the sandy beaches further into Kent, on the other hand the ...Read more

A memory of Yorkletts in 1958

I was born in Sirdar Rd in 1946 and lived there until 1964. I went to Belmont Juniors and Downhills Central, leaving school in 1961. At Downhills my best mates were David Marden and Andy Ferridge. My mates where I lived were John ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham in 1946 by John Cordwell

My mam had died not so long ago when I was 8 years old. Me and my brother and sister, and my dad, we lived in Elm Street, near the wall at the river that came out of the Ebbw Vale steel works, a nasty smelly water way that would ...Read more

A memory of Cwm in 1946 by Roy Compton