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I went to Mardyke school in the early 50’s and I recall that we went abroad to Belgium and Holland. My recollection is a teacher called Mr Childs and there was speculation that one of the children developed some form of polio. Also we used to live at 208 South Road South Ockendon. Keith

A memory of South Ockendon by Keith Croft

This was a Boys Grammar School. Their uniform was a cap and blazer with broad black and dark red stripes. During the war a number of the large houses in Frognal were evacuated by their wealthy owners, "For ...Read more

A memory of Swiss Cottage in 1950 by Dennis Paul

Rag Days , who knows why they were called rag days I believe Reading Uni is now rated as one of the top 100 unis in the world , as far as i can ascertain the rag day parades have gone now mores the pity they were fun days and ...Read more

A memory of Reading in 1960 by Frank Waddom Brown

I was born in February 1941 and have vague memories of living in Watchet sometime in 1943/1944 for a period of almost two years. My mother (Kathleen/Kitty) and her sister (Olive) rented a house which I believe was on the Doniford Road. My ...Read more

A memory of Watchet by john_elst

Hi there. I'll always have fond memories of Valentines Park, those beautiful swans and Canadian cygnets at the Cranbrook Road end, Gants Hill Odeon, library, the bird cage in Valentines Park, the boat lakes, the brass ...Read more

A memory of Ilford by bevjoemorris

We soon got back into the routine and before long the summer holidays came along. The last day of school was a big event. That morning we got eggs for breakfast. That was so, when we got home and our parents asked ...Read more

A memory of Bridport in 1940 by Howard Johnson

My Grandparents Henry and Alice Dorning lived on Brighton Street which on trying to trace the existence of has proved to be a struggle. I remember visiting them with my parents at the age of 5-9 years of and at the time was ...Read more

A memory of Salford

I visited Weobley in the late 60s as a child with my Mother to visit our Herefordshire cousins. We stayed with Mum's Great Uncle Fred (Frederick Hope) and his daughter, Mabel Hope. They lived at the Corner House and I think ...Read more

A memory of Weobley in 1966 by Jane Dick

During the 1960's as a youth, I walked my two Great Dane dogs at Garth Park, Trealaw almost every day. The park-keeper in the 60's was called "Jock" a Scotsman with a very broad accent. I also played football every Saturday morning at ...Read more

A memory of Trealaw in 1965 by Robert Oflaherty

My earliest recollection was sitting waiting for Santa on the staircase in my granny's house watching the glistening Christmas tree. Also sledging down the bank from Tantobie Road ends down to Sleepy Valley with my ...Read more

A memory of Tantobie in 1958 by Jennifer Cain