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Prince of Wales Coaches. I think that was my dad's bus coming up Church Street and Vic the postman bless him, you could hear him coming up the street. What lovely memories I have of Ampthill. I lived at Prince of Wales till my marriage in 1959.

A memory of Ampthill by Wendy George

How lovely to see this picture of Bedford Street. I lived at the Prince of Wales until I married in 1959. My mom and dad had the pub for many years and dad also had the coaches. Lots of happy memories of the church school next to the ...Read more

A memory of Ampthill in 1955 by Wendy George

We lived in Alice Street,next door to where old Minnie used to live, with the trees in her garden. I vaguely remember the pavillion. Ernie the tramp and Meg used to go to me grans to borrow a tea bag.(mad) Muppet cope Wallabys ...Read more

A memory of Pelton Fell by David Young

I grew up nearer to Queensbury but no pages for that little spot. I can recall playing on the streets almost all day, the streets were safer then. We played five stones and whips and tops, we whipped the heck out of those ...Read more

A memory of Edgware in 1950 by Erica Mary Firth

If one stands with the pond & cenotaph behind you, there is now a memorial garden built I think in 1950/51 to remember those from Carshalton who gave their lives in WW2. As early teenagers we used the gardens as a meeting ...Read more

A memory of Carshalton in 1951 by Tony Arkell

I lived at 24 Derby Street from 1948 to 1958. It was a family road with mum an dad living at 28 and brother Jim up the road. I remember Billy Dags who owned our houses. I remember going over the road to Joan's shop to have a tin of beans ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Garry Cooper

The garage belonged to my mum's cousin and on the opposite side of the road or thereabouts my grandma's sister lived who could be seen pushing an old barrow around Hadleigh, wearing white plimsoles during the fifties. Just ...Read more

A memory of Hadleigh by Robert Keen

We lived on Chatsworth Road and used to walk to the Bridgewater, or on to the Mersey by the Bridge pub for a swim and to fish! Not that we ever caught anything in the Mersey. We used to also go to the Ship canel by the ...Read more

A memory of Stretford in 1958 by P Hilip Morris

My parents lived in Cwmdare briefly in 1949 when I was only a baby. Dad was Edward Williams and his wife Margaret (she came from Kent). I have relatives in Hirwaun who I stayed with. I have photos of the countryside only but guess we ...Read more

A memory of Cwmdare in 1949 by Valerie Chapman

We moved to 160 Devon Street in 1957 which is the top end, over the road from the outdoor. As we were a black family people didn't have much to do with us. I went to Bloomsbury Sec. Modern where the head was Mrs Hinchliffe. My ...Read more

A memory of Nechells in 1957 by Esmilda Arscott