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Well not just 1953 but for most of the 50s, I was brought up by my Grandparents Charlie & Elsie Duffy "Mam & Dad" to me. Mam's family had a newsagents shop years eariler on Gunson Street, ...Read more

A memory of Miles Hill in 1953 by Barbra Edwards

My brother and I were at Cross Down, no Manor Park then. We had school dinners in a hut next to church a/r/s, from w.w.2, one sweet shop, Webb's the milk and shop - we lived at Shawheath.

A memory of Knutsford in 1951 by Gordon Shaw

My mother and father (Mary Mould and James Davies) were married at Aspenden church in the early 1950's. From the late 1950's until 1976 I used to live at Maryland in Baldock Road. I had a wonderful wedding day on 12th June 1976 at ...Read more

A memory of Aspenden in 1976 by Mary Collins

I lived in Westgate Crescent from 1936 to 1946. I suffered a severe head injury when hit by a speeding car on the Bath Road just past Eddy's cafe a few days before Christmas in 1940. I was 5 years old. We had heard that a shop ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham in 1940 by Nial Reynolds

Way back in the late 1930s and early 1940s I lived in Westgate Crescent and used to walk the length of Bower Way every day to Cippenham school, carrying my gas mask in a cardboard box. I used to be friends with Tony Rimmer who lived in ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham in 1940 by Nial Reynolds

I started work in the quarry at the age of 16. I started as a what they call a 'grease monkey' and what I had to do was grease the pulley wheels and the steel cable that pulled wagons out of the quarry. I ...Read more

A memory of Stoney Stanton in 1947 by Lawrence Meyrick

My great grandfather, Edwin Clarke, lived and worked here until his death in 1950. He was a fishmonger for over 50 years. I have written a book called 37 Downing Street - A Farnham family saga. It is about Edwin and his family and ...Read more

A memory of Farnham in 1890 by Sarah Lysaght

My mum and dad moved to haverhill when I was just 6mths old. I went to school at Burton End School. Ii remember there was many of us in that school - most of kids came from London. Then I went to Castle Middy School, which was so big ...Read more

A memory of Haverhill in 1968 by Caroline Jenkins

I hope this doesn´t distress anyone - that is not my intention, but does anyone recall the name of the young boy from east view who shot himself ? The reason I ask is, that for many years I lived and played there and hung out ...Read more

A memory of Bargoed in 1976 by Jack Hayward

My mother was born in Streethouse and my father moved there as a young boy. Although we lived in Normanton I spent many happy hours in Streethouse as many of my family lived there (some still do). I remember the long ...Read more

A memory of Streethouse in 1950 by Joan Hill