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Having been so lucky as to spend my childhood in a big house in Royal Avenue and spending many long summer evenings playing cricket on the beach with my grandad I have always wanted to return to Scarborough.  In particular the Zoo & ...Read more

A memory of Scarborough in 1969 by Carol Best

In 1956 I was an apprenticed grocer with a very poor wage.  My passion was fishing and if I went to see the river bailiff, a Bob Olley, after work to pay for a license, he would often say 'Go and do your fishing and don't ...Read more

A memory of Holdenhurst in 1956 by Richard Briant

I was born in August 1939, my brother was born in 1936, we lived at 5 The Crescent, Boscombe and my brother and I used to walk down Old Christchurch Road  to the lake in Boscombe gardens quite frequently.  We used to try and get ...Read more

A memory of Boscombe in 1945 by Richard Briant

Every Sunday the Salvation Army Citadel Band would play hymns etc, before marching back to the citadel in Park St.

A memory of Luton in 1950 by John King

I lived in the Prince of Wales as Mum & Dad were the managers and we had a corgi named Sandy and two boxers, Maxie and Susie who enjoyed the big garden at the back. This was the last years of school and I think we were there ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury in 1969 by Mary Hooton

I can look back to sunny days and my uncle helping us to collect fools gold at St Margaret at Cliff. Auntie Alice would pack up a picnic and we would take a ride in the car (I can't remember what type) and we would sit down on ...Read more

A memory of Dover in 1978 by Jane Mansfield

Who remembers Stutchberry's - first shop on the left next to the parked car - it was an Aladdin's cave. My mum used to buy dress fabric and haberdashery there. Remember the vacuum tubes that took the money to the cashier and then came ...Read more

A memory of Bridgend by Elizabeth Roberts Nee Trevelyan

I was evacuated in 1939 to Devoran, and was billeted with a family by the name of Eddy, my three sisters and myself. We were only there for about two months before we were all taken down with scabies, we all went off tp Perranporth isolation ...Read more

A memory of Devoran in 1940 by George Burton

I worked at the Hospital from 1954 to 1958. My first ward was the Rheumatic Fever Unit for children. Prof: Bywater. Chief Rheumatologist. I remember that the visiting hours were Sunday 2.00pm till 400pm. So hard for the little ...Read more

A memory of Taplow in 1954 by Valerie Kent

This the exact spot where I learned to swim, it was muddy, cold, and wonderful, it was also where I learned to use a canoe with the school, we actually had to turn it over...Yuk... My Mum would send us to ...Read more

A memory of St Martins in 1960 by Thelma Ellis