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Carol Collins, nee Bass. We often had the cows come in our back garden in the 1950s, they used to walk them to market.

A memory of Watford in 1950 by Jim Collins

As a young child mother would always take me to Barnsley where she'd do most of the shopping. Barnsley may have been something of a rundown town but one could always have a bargain. There in the old market was Oatfields caravan ...Read more

A memory of Barnsley in 1957 by Roland Mitchell

I remember Willam Deacons Bank about 1955 to 1960 and what's more my mum used to take me to the market to point to me the hissing Tilley lamps. I went to the Empress Cinema and the Curzon Cinema. We lived next door to the Hughenden ...Read more

A memory of Urmston in 1957 by Frank Mann

My Grandfather had a riding school and livery stable just off Mathew Bank near to Jesmond Dene, I was born in Newcastle not far from the Blue House on the North Road in 1936 but my family moved to Richmond Yorkshire when I ...Read more

A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1947 by Bill Mather

I grew up in Romford and went to Mawney road junior school, then later Pettits Lane Secondary school for girls. I still consider Romford my hometown even though we have moved around quite a bit since my marriage in 1966. I ...Read more

A memory of Romford by mabscay

I too was born at Thornton House in 1942 and Dr Watson also brought me into the world.! I went to St Mathews school and joined the church choir about 1950. spent all childhood in South St/ North Street ( next The Bell). Remember the ...Read more

A memory of Redhill by bryan.elphick

I was born at Dyson House Blackwell Lane Greenwich in 1943. My father was still in Burma so I lived with my mother and maternal grandparents. We moved to Selcroft Road but in was too young to know when . My first ...Read more

A memory of Greenwich by catalina.kate

My name is Jeanette Levin, but when I went to Wembley House School I was Jeanette Green. I lived at 2 Crawford Avenue. I remember Richard Model. I was born in 1935. My parents had a shop in the old Wembley Market, selling ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by janlevin

Lived in Sampford 1952 - 1977 and went to Sampford Primary School 1957-63. The school had three classes, Mr Vickery, the headmaster, taught the oldest pupils, Miss Michelmore, a middle-aged lady (in 1960) the middle class ...Read more

A memory of Sampford Peverell by fvoisey

The photo of the Market Cross takes me back to two memories, of 1970 & 1975. On & off, I lived on the Hillmead estate from the '60's to late '70's. June 1970 - the town is full of young people, with long ...Read more

A memory of Shepton Mallet by bru.enzer