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I'm trying to remember back a long time, hopefully someone can help out. Grandparents on Dad's side lived in Ystrad, in a house I think was called Pentwyn, in Penallta Road, on a slight hill not far from a railway overbridge for ...Read more

A memory of Ystrad Mynach in 1958 by David Field

The 'Ace Ballroom School of Dancing' was for many a young person the first time they had expeienced the close up contact with the opposite sex, I remember the beginning of placing our hands on each others shoulders and ...Read more

A memory of Deal in 1950 by John Ford

Until the current concrete flood walls and steel piles that line the banks of the Fossdyke Canal were installed in the mid-1960s, this area of the village regularly flooded during the autumn and winter months. Lots ...Read more

A memory of Saxilby in 1965

In 1941 when I was 10 years old we lost our home in the Plymouth blitz. Having been to Crackington before the war on holiday and staying at Baypark Farm (Mr and Mrs Coombs) we arranged to go there again. Living as ...Read more

A memory of Crackington Haven by Margaret Jones

My family moved to Arundel Drive when I was a baby. Like most of the houses we had a shared drive where you couldn't access the garage. I remember this caused a lot of problems with the neighbours. Have just returned from a ...Read more

A memory of South Harrow by Janice Allen

Moved due to circumstances to Douglas West from Lanark to a two roomed terraced miners cottage without a bathroom. The small kitchen had a toilet off it, the living room still had the bed recesses and there was a ...Read more

A memory of Douglas West in 1968 by Susan Gilbert Nee Mead

I was born in "Fishie" in 1947, my first teacher was Mrs. Adams and the head was Mr. Duncan. I lived there until 1967 at which point I emigrated to Canada with my good friend Ronald Brown who's family also lived in ...Read more

A memory of Fetterangus in 1967 by Gordon Gray

I worked in the canteen at the bus garage. I used to cook breakfasts and make tea for the drivers. The inspector looked just like Blakey from 'On The Busses'; he was a stern character. One year in January we all came ...Read more

A memory of Addlestone in 1976

As children and teenagers my twin sister and I loved going around the market. At Christmas it was magic! We would come back home to visit our grandparents and family and Christmas Eve wasn't complete with out a walk into ...Read more

A memory of Chesterfield in 1964

Way back in 58/59, just a short distance outside Woburn, there was an old house, you had to climb over the fence at the side of the road and walk down a field to get to it. I think it was large and very old and there were lots of ...Read more

A memory of Woburn in 1958 by Sandra Waite