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I lived at 20 Princess Avenue. I worked for Charringtons Gardner coal firm. My daughter Sharon learned to swim at Kingsbury swimming pool.

A memory of Kingsbury in 1963 by Albert Orr

I remember the pool as a teacher for the Dartford swimming club, people that were around in those days were Hazel Outram, now my wife, Jimmy Clubb, Dave Randall, Dave Watkins, other names I'm not sure of. Anybody out there? I would love to find any old photos etc of the club or swimming in the area.

A memory of Dartford in 1974 by Neil Tew

Hi to all who attended St Joseph's. We moved to Monks Kirby in 1974. My father was Trevor Vaughan, the Vicar. We lived in the Old Vicarage, this is a now a hotel or private home now I think? Monks Kirby were the ...Read more

A memory of Monks Kirby in 1975 by Philip Vaughan

I remember going swimming on Rivermead Island with my good friend Sue Blackmore and her dad Keith whom I used to help on his milk round for some pocket money (circa 1958). He is still with us but now suffers with Althimers (very sad). I ...Read more

A memory of Sunbury in 1957 by Ivor Seymour

I was also born in the Shrubbery Nursing home in 1957. We lived in Hazlemere. I remember going shopping in High Wycombe with my parents on Saturdays (in the 1960s). We used to go to Aldridges for fruit and ...Read more

A memory of High Wycombe by Jayne Smith

I was born in Kettering hospital and lived in Corby until my marriage aged 20 in 1974. I married in St. Andrew's Church of Scotland, Occupation Road. I can remember West Glebe swing park as we cut through there to go to the Grammar ...Read more

A memory of Corby by Lily Redmond

My great-grandfather was a swimming instructor at Charterhouse. He lived in the last (?) house on the right, just before the lane leading to Charterhouse. The swimming pool was directly behind the back garden. Before this was ...Read more

A memory of Godalming in 1930 by John Dean

I spent my formative years in Colindale my family having moved there in 1956, I attended ColindalePrimary School in Woodfield Aveuntil 1963. We lived opposite Rushgrove Park and spent many happy hours over the years playing ...Read more

A memory of Colindale in 1962 by Ian Rogers

In 1959, my father, Cecil Archibald, was employed for the summer season as attendant at the swimming pool at Spaldrick, Port Erin. You could enter the swimming pool by paying a fee, for a day; for a week; for two weeks; for a month; or ...Read more

A memory of Port Erin in 1959 by Anthony Archibald

My grandparents and great grandparents lived in Quatford and I remember going to stay in the summer during the sixties, seventies and eighties with my sister. They lived in a cottage on a hillside above the village ...Read more

A memory of Quatford in 1965 by Julia Newman