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I moved to Burnham from a town on the Kent coast where, if you hadn't been to school there you were not worth accepting. The first time I shopped in the village in Burnham a woman spoke to me as I looked in he meat cabinet in Halls, I ...Read more

A memory of Burnham by foggy.knight

The first time I went to Old Wives Lees and that would have been in the Summer of 1957. Some friends in the road where I lived made this journey every year, it was their and their families only opportunity of a holiday ...Read more

A memory of Old Wives Lees by patherwill

Miss Brook head,miss coyne deputy Both down the lodge,behind lodge was field kept ponies & donkeys. Trampoline was great! Fete of stalls & crazy wobble bikes, basement was a disco, old piano too. Smoking in shrubbery behind ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs by emerald1960.td

I was born in 1946 and raised in west Acton. Went to John Perrin school and yes the head master was a piece of work, I think he was called Mr. Hatfield. When I was 8 my parents finally agreed to allow me to have my ears pierced after me begging ...Read more

A memory of Acton by Madeleine Rance Matthews

I was born 1 Dudley Road in 1939, I went to St Marys infant and junior school then to Penzer st school. I was in the choir at St Marys Church around 1950. Ketley lane was just a lane .There was no Standhills road then just banks and fields. ...Read more

A memory of Kingswinford by Graham Armishaw

Spent a good deal of time here in my younger years. My brother & many of his friends worked at the MoD,, & had what they called 'the Tuesday night cinema club'. Good or bad, most Tuesdays would see us at ...Read more

A memory of Great Malvern by bru.enzer

Mr Wolfe owned the butchers shop in Huntingdon. I learnt years later that he spoke up for a member of our family when needed otherwise our lives may have been very different. He was such a generous man, I was about 8 when I would ...Read more

A memory of Huntingdon by Charlotte Payne

The forgotten town, this small township was once a buzzing area served with blackened bottle ovens. A thriving community dwelled around the dirt and grime of The Potteries. I was born in Fenton in the fifties and how well I ...Read more

A memory of Dunoon by fotosplease

We moved from East London in 1950 to Cricklade Avenue. Broadford School was still being built and this backed onto our garden. My older sister had to go to Heath park Girls School (Frances Bardsley) while Harrowfields ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill by Lesley Doyle

On the very right of this photo is my grandad's shop. He had his name FV DRABBLE on the front, you can just see part of the name in the photo. My grandad was Langold's only cobbler. The bottom half of the windows were painted ...Read more

A memory of Langold in 1955 by Tony Mitchell