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My father used to run a shop in Hornchurch. I have lovely memories of those days, playing in what I think was an old quarry at the back of the shop. The lady who ran the sweet shop gave me a bride doll which I adored. ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch in 1965 by Erica Pearce

I was posted to RAF Gaydon in the summer of 1963 after serving 3 years in Cyrpus at RAF Nicosia. I underwent training on the Victor BMK 1 and then to 232 OCU where I found life a lot tougher than I was used to, tiring shift ...Read more

A memory of Gaydon in 1963 by James Maurice Blackford

My name is Geoffrey Powell, My name was changed for family reasons from SAC Geoffrey Pallett, I was stationed at RAF Goldsborough, it was a camp situated at East Barnby but took the name from nearby Goldsborough. I was on a ...Read more

A memory of Fylingdales Moor in 1960 by Geoffrey Powell

Ahh, I rememeber it well, strolling down past the church towards home with DD, you see my wife was away and I couldn't help myself. 36 years of wedded bliss up in smoke. Little walks by the canal and kissing on the beach ...Read more

A memory of New Hutton in 2010 by Andy Robson

I used to live at this address and went to Brionne Gardens Girls School (now Hillview). I loved living here, the estate agents we lived over is still there, I know this as I went back for a visit with my son in 2008 after 40 odd ...Read more

A memory of Tonbridge in 1960 by Linda Thompson

A bit before my time, but I was born and bred in Bidford. The old Falcon Inn, in the background, I lived round the corner from there. Had a wonderful childhood in Bidford, alas I left to join the army in 1977 and only manage to ...Read more

A memory of Bidford-on-Avon in 1965 by Jay Spiers

I was born at N o6 Henconner Road, Leeds 7, on November 26th 1951. My primary school was Chapel Allerton County Primary, and I vaguely remember the trams running through Chapel Allerton as they passed the school. The ...Read more

A memory of Chapel Allerton in 1951 by Mick Hudson

I was too young to walk in this picture but would certainly have been pushed around this quayside (barely 1/4 mile from my home) many times in the year of photo 1938. As I grew up in the 1940s-1950s this view remained ...Read more

A memory of Padstow in 1940 by Norman Smale

I was stationed at RAF Fairford in February 1955. I went to a dance and saw my wife Laura dancing. I knew then and there I had to meet her, so asked her for a dance and from that ...Read more

A memory of Kingsdown by David Lawlor

I taught myself to swim here in the 1960s. I remember it used to be 6d to get in and you were given a wire basket to put your clothes in and you changed in the wooden changing rooms. I used to have a shower (cold) before I ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill by Jane Hains