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I do not have that many clear memories from my stay there, I have a defence mechanism of blotting things out from my mind. I do not know exactly when I was there some time between 1974 - 1977. The only name I remember from that time ...Read more

A memory of Barwick by Yuri Buxton

I was born in Eastbourne, Upperton Road Nursing Home. I have fond memories of being taken by my Father to the Devonshire swimming baths. This would have been between 1964 to 1967 I would have been 5 or 6 years old. Through the large ...Read more

A memory of Eastbourne

As a young child I spent a lot of time with my father in The Globe AKC cinema in the early 1960’s. At that time it was in Deepcut camp & was used by soldiers based in the camp. My father was the projectionist & although I ...Read more

A memory of Deepcut by Keith Goodwin

Born, bred, lived and worked in Sale. 50 years b4 I moved to Scotland. I seemed to be the only one, amongst my peers, to recall a scaffold-pole framed, covered bus stop situated on the wide pavement between the old ...Read more

A memory of Sale by Rob Menzies

Just before our wedding at St Thomas's in April 1967, Ching my wife to be and I, were called to see the vicar. We sat in his lounge and he gave the essential instructions for making love (for making babies). He spoke very slowly and each ...Read more

A memory of Oakwood by Roger Crunden

Born 1959 & lived down the bottom of Coombe Road. Looking at the pics of the village I can remember the daily uphill trudge with mum to the shops. Ok I was in a pushchair on the way up but that became a shopping trolley on the way back. As ...Read more

A memory of Irby by Dave Roberts

Born in 1942, Lived in Westbrook Road. Attended Heston Infants School, Heston Junior School and Spring Grove Central School. I have lots of memories, but reading other people’s entries has reminded me of names of ...Read more

A memory of Heston by Carol Gaches

My memory of Romiley was around the Summer of 1940. My family stayed in a stone cottage, there were about 10 of them. They were on the road up to Greave which was about half a mile away. Going in the opposite direction down a ...Read more

A memory of Romiley

I lived in 54 Albert Road, Parkstone, from 1962 until 1972. My paternal grandparents lived at 56 Albert Road, next door. They'd lived there from the 1930's onwards. The back garden was very big and long, plus sloped downhill. I used to ...Read more

A memory of Parkstone by Andrew Reid

DOES ANYONE REMEMBER, HUSKINSONS REMOVALS,? THEY WERE THE LAST HORSE DRAWN,REMOVAL COMPANY IN MANCHESTER, THEY HAD SHIRE AND CLYDESDALE HORSES, FINISHED ABOUT 1960/61.THEY WERE ON I THINK ...Read more

A memory of Ardwick by Steve/Andy Anderson