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I remember as a kid spending many hours in Bacup Baths. The little bath and the big bath. The coal covered colliers scrubbing each others backs in the showers. I remember swimming for bacup during the 50s. Swimmers names ...Read more

A memory of Bacup in 1954 by Mike Grogan

We moved from Kent to Eastwood near Leigh-on-Sea when I was 11 which was in 1960. Every Sunday we would get the bus (dad didn't drive then) to Leigh. We'd walk from where the cockle sheds were (dad always had some or whelks maybe ...Read more

A memory of Southend-on-Sea in 1960 by Shirley Chamberlain

I moved to Cheadle Hulme in 1963, as a 6 year old. I lived on Lorna Road, behind and to the left of this view. I saw the building of the Precinct and what is now Sim Chem House (then Griffin House). My friends and I would ...Read more

A memory of Cheadle Hulme in 1963 by Brian Cresswell

I lived in Souldern and remember Callows shop very well. I remember Jack and Sam (who sadly was fataly injured on a tractor). I went to school with Jack's son, John, to Steeple Aston School with heyfordian coaches but most of all I ...Read more

A memory of Souldern in 1860 by David Hines

I have very happy memories growing up in Battersea. My very special memories are of me and my friends Jackie Heath and Geoffrey Marshall going to Battersea Park and going into what was called the Jungle back then. We would ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1973 by April Gagg

I came from Ludlow in 1944 to live with a great aunt & uncle (when I was 13 months of age) in Priestmans Avenue. I started school at The Grove and have many good time memories with friends of that time. As you recall, ...Read more

A memory of Consett in 1947 by Patricia Cade

I worked as a delivery boy, riding a bike with a holder on front for the boxes of vegetables, or large sacks of potatoes etc. I was 14/15 and still at school. I worked after school 4 to 5.30 and all day Saturday. The boss was ...Read more

A memory of Acton in 1968 by Peter Christopher O'toole

I attended (sometimes) Kenyngton Manor Secondary Modern School. I lived at 149, Vicarage Road (opposite the Hare and Hounds). I loved Lower Sunbury. The river, the weir, Wilsons Ferry, the Locks were my growing up and lasting ...Read more

A memory of Sunbury in 1949 by Ken Jones

This magnificent brick built church must surely be the finest example of brick architecture in the country. My nephew, Nick Arbin, and his bride Johanna chose it as the venue for their wedding on June 2nd ...Read more

A memory of Hampstead in 2012 by John Howard Norfolk

I lived in Great Wakering (Twyford Avenue) from 1960-65 although my mother had been born and raised there as had her mother and grandparents. I attended the junior school and then the secondary school. The secondary ...Read more

A memory of Great Wakering in 1960 by Judi Upson (Nee Stamp)