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I first attended St John's in around 1958 as a Cub Scout and attended the children's Sunday service at, ISTR, 9.40. The 'grown-ups' service at 11.00 seemed very serious to me as an 8 year old! I can't remember how I got ...Read more

A memory of Hove in 1959 by Tony Hagon

I've visited the old place several times and where I was born and lived has gone! I was born at no.1 West Terrace in 1950, then moved across the road to Gladstone house on Station Road. My dad, Reg Wright, had a printing ...Read more

A memory of Hesleden in 1950 by Wendy Wilson

I went to the Hill primary school and then to Caversham secondary modern school. I left there in 1963. I lived at Kings Road. We used to play down the rec and view island. We would play skipping and marbles in the street, there were not ...Read more

A memory of Caversham by Carol Hendry

I was one year old when we moved to Kirkdale, that was 1956, we moved to 82 Brasenose Road from Huyton with Roby so all my childhood memories were about growing up in Kirkdale. We had nothing but we were happy. There was six ...Read more

A memory of Liverpool in 1960 by Patricia Johnson

Every year when I was growing up (I'll be 45 in Sept) my family spent our holidays at Eastchurch farm, Hittisleigh. We knew we were close to arriving when we got to Whiddon Down. My memories of Whiddon Down are of myself and one ...Read more

A memory of Whiddon Down by Margaret Keane

My first memories were of Krumlin where my mum worked at Krumlin mill as a piece burler & mender. (I remember the boiler house at the mill with the big steam engine that turned all the ...Read more

A memory of Triangle in 1953 by Martin Wood

I was a scout belonging to the 19th Walsall troop, around 1958 / 59 we camped the traditional way on a farm at Melinywig, the farm was called something like Ty Teg Barc, the field sloped down to a river. The farmer's son was ...Read more

A memory of Maerdy in 1958 by David Richards

My grandparents and great grandparents lived on Lower Spring Road from the late 1800s until the houses were torn down. I spent a couple of years there in the 1960s when I lived with them. I have to say I had a lot of ...Read more

A memory of Normacot by Kathy Palmer

I remember nicking pears from the trees at the Retreat then going under newburn bridge to hide and eat them, there were a few of us, our Clem, our David (David Liddle), Hughie Williams, Doreen Milne, Billy Milne. The ledge we used ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1952 by Marlene Johnson

Hi, I came across this site by accident but I am delighted to recap on happy days spent living in North Harrow. We lived in Elmcroft Crescent off Headstone Lane and attended the comprehensive school at the ...Read more

A memory of North Harrow in 1957 by John Day