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I have great memories of Weymouth, we used to stay just outside Weymouth at Moonfleet Manor. My parents first stayed there just after the 2nd world war, it was a complimentary holiday after a double booking at blackpool. The owners had ...Read more

A memory of Weymouth by Fay Cooper

Hi, my name is June Rankin (Hunter), I grew up in Rae Street, South Street and surrounding area was my playground. Me and my friends, used to play along at the playpark at the back of Copeland Cresent, known as the line. ...Read more

A memory of Hill of Beath in 1982 by June Rankin

I was born in Severn Beach in 1953. We lived in the Chalets at first, and then moved on. I would like to know if any of my old friends are on this site. The fairground, the boating lake, the club, the swimming pool are now sadly, all gone.

A memory of Severn Beach by Angela Lawrence (Sims)

Loved your reminiscences Patricia. I came to Welshpool in 1965 or thereabouts after ten years in the Merchant Navy, and have loved the area and the folk since then. I worked in the post office at Welshpool, times ...Read more

A memory of Welshpool in 1965 by Donald Williamson

I clearly remember these Land Rover "Tunnel Patrol" vehicles although I was only 7 in 1965.  I thought that they were real Police vehicles (were they labelled "Tunnel Police" I wonder?) and I remember being puzzled by the ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead in 1965 by Brian Jones

This picture is the view from the main road of Harlow lock, Old Mill Resturant and weir and the towpath where the rowing boats and canoes were moored when I lived there. They were moored both sides of ...Read more

A memory of Harlow in 1950 by Eddie Tait

Summer Sunday afternoons were often spent at Boulters Lock when I was a child.  We would have a walk along the river and end up at the lock to sit and watch the boats go in and out.   There would be the people who ...Read more

A memory of Maidenhead in 1965 by Linda Ellis

These are the memories of my childhood week-ends and holidays, spent with my Uncle Harold and Aunt Lucy Mogridge at Fontmell Parva. My maternal grandmother Annie Farwell lived at Fontmell Parva for 50 years, in the ...Read more

A memory of Fontmell Parva in 1950 by Helen Brockway

I was born in 1938 in a cottage on theRroseneath Castle estate where my father was a gardner at the castle, £2 a week free house and a ton of coal a year. The boat came in at high tide offloaded 60 ton coal and provisions all removed by ...Read more

A memory of Ardpeaton

Great to read comments from Lynn Reynolds about Rochester Dwellings. When I was 5 to 6 years old (195O..ish), I lived in the 'dwellings' with my grandparents in 'R' Block. There were some of the first ...Read more

A memory of Walker by David Armstrong