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We moved to Sutton in 1956/7, Sutton Court Road, and I attended Sutton East before moving to Worcester Road and then going to Ambleside School in Cheam, then onto the Willows before completing my A-levels at Nonsuch High School for ...Read more

A memory of Sutton by Rita Westlake

I was born and brought up here. Lived away for 37 years before retiring back here. Nothing like the Fowey of my childhood, full of people who moved here because they loved it and have never stopped trying to change it to their version of a retirement idle ever since.

A memory of Fowey by ruthwyatt27

Hello. Just been looking at some of your letters. I remember Jack Hopes farm in Norton, my mate worked for him for many years and also Mr Clowes. I do remember him, I worked down Askern pit and I remember ...Read more

A memory of Askern in 1964 by John Lancaster

Hi, I'm researching my family history and wonder if anyone remembers Ada and Robert Smith. I think they owned a fish and chip shop but I am not sure where in Salford it would have been in the 1940-50's. Ada and Robert had a ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Louise Thomas

Does anyone know anything about this boys home. I ended up there about 66-67 for about a year. My only parent, my mother had died, and I ended up in this hell hole for about ...Read more

A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1966 by Roger Haspeck

My dad, Jack Stanley (born 1937 ) told me of a lion which escaped into a back garden when the train it was on was hit by a bomb. I have found a clip on pathe news so I know it happened, but can't find much more information. Would love to hear more about my dad's tale.

A memory of Battersea in 1940 by Sara Stanley

I first attended this camp in 1954 as a baby of 10 months of age and my first experience of the sea was with my father at that tender age. I attended for at least the next 10 years and learned to ...Read more

A memory of Pagham in 1960 by David Styles

My half-brother, Ian, was sent to a hospital after his accident. He was paralyzed from the neck down. He was only about 15 when this horrid accident occurred. It was Hexham spinal unit. Was it this hospital does anyone out there know - could you ...Read more

A memory of Hexham in 1977

My grandparents grew up in Collyhurst, when they got married they lived on Elizabeth Anne Street. They were Betty and Jim Butterworth - my dad Jimmy and aunty Maureen were born there. Then they moved to Blackley. When I was born ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1944

I remember my father taking my brother and me there to see it. I think the National Trust had just taken it over. I was totally rapt by the whole village and went back there often. In later years I took my wife and 2 daughters to see ...Read more

A memory of Culross in 1955 by John Porter