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My parents moved to Blebo from Dura Den in 1950 when I was six. A windmill for electricity with 12 volt light bulbs. Paraffin lamps and a cesspool. It was several years before the pumping station at Clatto was built to ...Read more

A memory of Blebocraigs in 1950 by Fergus Nicolson

I lived in this from 1964 until I got married in 1987. My father Leslie Lougher lived here from 1962 with my mother Monica until she died in 1986. He then lived there until he died in 2012. He used to tell me that it was once a ...Read more

A memory of Nantyffyllon in 1964 by Catherine Lougher Harris

I too remember the bowling alley, and the Odeon cinema, the bus station, and the drip teacakes, and cups of hot tea,

A memory of Halifax by Lynda Josefski

My gt. Grandad was a steam engine driver of the Army stationed in Tidworth. He lived on the corner of Pennings Rd and Coronation Rd . His house was the large house on the left of the junction. I am seeking ...Read more

A memory of North Tidworth in 1940 by Wendy Candlin

I also went to Stanford junior school, I have fond memories of Stanford. I used to catch the bus from East Tilbury to school every day. I remember the one cow in the field near the railway station. The tuck shop was great, ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope in 1948 by Yvonne Partridge

What is now Arthur Grestys next to the Methodist Church used to be the Golden Horse Café(there was also one on Altrincham bus station) which amongst other things sold milk shakes

A memory of Timperley by Jim Ikin

i moved with my mother two sisters and brother to esh winning in 1956 I think. We had a terraced house in Evenwood Road where my step grandmother Ethel Galley also lived. My mother managed to get a three bedroom council house ...Read more

A memory of Esh Winning in 1956 by Jean Berry

I attended Fareham Secondary School at Southampton and Harrison Roads from 1950 to 1954. Then I started work as an apprentice at Croker and Farrell, who was the Ford dealer, which was situated right next to Trinity Church. ...Read more

A memory of Fareham in 1959 by Harry Crook

Hi, I wonder if anyone remembers my childhood home in Main Street. I lived there with my mum, dad, granny and two sisters in the 1960,s and have many lovely memories of my childhood there, I have ...Read more

A memory of Balloch in 1962 by Jacqueline Mc Ewan

There was a Bakery, Hairdressers, Florist, and Newsagents where we used to buy frozen slabs of ice cream for the Junior School lunch (Moleside School - demolished and now new houses) in Vincent Drive. It still looks similar to today.

A memory of Stoke D'Abernon in 1965 by Marina Munro