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When I was young, my mother used to take me to the field at the top of Altham Road. In those days (the 50's) it was a large field before the houses were built. A lady named Gilder would bring her horse to the field to give the kids a ride round the large circular patch by the pylon.

A memory of Hatch End by John Walker

I remember when we lived on Devon Street facing the old All Saints school, they built the new school at the end of the street. Our student teacher Mr Barry mad ea film called the vanishing machine where the children made the ...Read more

A memory of Farnworth by Christine Barrett

My dad was manager at Deniably Main in the early 1960s; he'd started work at 14 and come from a very poor background, so to move into the big house on Station Road was quite something for him. As a child I would go round the pit ...Read more

A memory of Denaby Main in 1963 by V Brabham

I used to stay with a school friend in Sneyd Lane Essington when I was about 14. We went to Ely House School in Wolverhampton. We used to go riding somewhere around there and our friend Sylvia Merrick also lived in Essington. If ...Read more

A memory of Essington in 1965 by Christine Turner

Does anyone know anything about this boys home. I ended up there about 66-67 for about a year. My only parent, my mother had died, and I ended up in this hell hole for about ...Read more

A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1966 by Roger Haspeck

I have very fond memories of Bearman's and the Christmas Wonderland ride is still very vivid in my mind 50 odd years later. My grandmother took me ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1960 by Denise Bach Samuel

I grew up in Witton Gilbert, Rose Lea in the 1980/90s. (not really 'history' I know) But my childhood memories, which always make me think of it as a small close village with so much character, are the milkman, Tommy (I think) ...Read more

A memory of Witton Gilbert in 1988 by Peter Brown

It has been a while since I have entered my memory bank, but the impending arrival of my first grandchild from my Australian marriage is reason enough, strangely (or not). I was invited to move to Brisbane to be near my eldest son in 2009 ...Read more

A memory of Eastleigh in 2013 by John Scott

I would like to contact anyone that resided as a child at the above (The Cedars) between the years 1954 to 1965. I have been told the building was demolished some years ago and any photos would be ...Read more

A memory of Hemsworth in 1954 by Robert Ashley

Very, very, happy memories of living in Chingford in the 60's. I moved to Westward Road when I was five and I went to Chase Lane School when it still had more or less outside toilets! One of the teachers (I think the maths ...Read more

A memory of Chingford by Jan Porter