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The ice cream here was superb it was called 'ABSOPURE' as far as I can remember , I was in Birchington last year 2013 & wanted to visit the Ice Cream parlour but it was closed which was a ...Read more

A memory of Birchington by Len Crawley

I attended Ayr Academy when it was a primary school but left at the end of P.4 when that department closed. But I returned in 1963 after passing the eleven plus, much to my primary school teacher's surprise. So many memories of school. Wandering ...Read more

A memory of Ayr by whiteborros

what can i say that has not already been said about that place,i was there from 1963 till 1968 in softly house.i cant think of a single day i was happy there,the staff were absolute monsters,and the biggest monster of all was the ...Read more

A memory of Stanhope by bobwalker95

Hello I have a photo of a shop called Creek Road Trading Post in Creek Road in the late 1980s it sold jewellery, beers wines and spirits, it looks like there is a garage and petrol station next door. I cant find it on the google maps does anybody know where it was please? Thank you Mike

A memory of Hayling Island by Mike Miles

Wow !! what a trip down memory lane, i read all the memories and can relate to most of them. We moved to Stanwell in the early 50's after my Father got a ...Read more

A memory of Stanwell by Stephen Lewis

Tank tops and bell bottoms-memoirs of a Birkenhead lad I was born in Birkenhead in 1954 at the back of Central Station, opposite the Haymarket, and still remember being hungry all the time. We were poor, as was everyone we ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead by dannytaylor1954

Having recently decided to write my memoirs and having been born in South Croydon in 1947 I have been researching to check my memories are correct. I came upon this great website and have been intrigued to hear others memories ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Anthony Rogers

I must have been about six when I stayed at Clements Hall with my brothers Edwin and Terry in the 1950s. Christine story brought back memories. I also remember the geese, the matron often made me sit on the step to shell the peas. The ...Read more

A memory of Hockley in 1956 by Gillian Mower

My memories of Arthur Gossop was going to buy nails from him, even as a small boy I was amused that you could buy them by weight. I cant remember how much a pound of nails cost, but it wasn't very much in money. In later years I used ...Read more

A memory of Gilberdyke by Malcolm Stockill

My eldest sister Lynne and I used to attend the sixpenny matinee. Before joining the queue outside we would walk down to Woolworths and get threepence worth of broken biscuits to share. They ...Read more

A memory of Halifax in 1965 by Kathryn Snape