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in the photo of west end is the old Lido cinema, Where . I used to go every week and sit in the nine penny seats. wooden benches down the front, after a while we would. sneak up the back to the posh seats and hide from the. usherette Lady with the torch, Happy Days 😊 😁 Alan Evans.

A memory of Gorseinon by alangonzo65

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

The Mystery Bridge across the Mill Brook in Baguley. I was born in September 1946 and lived in Overdale Road Benchill before moving to Fouracers Road in Baguley about 1951. The Lanes, Farms and ...Read more

A memory of Wythenshawe by christopher.bowden

W e kids called it 'The Double Mountains' I lived there during the war and in winter we sledged down it dangerously and in summer in cardboard boxes which lasted about two goes. One of the boys broke his arm and lost a ...Read more

A memory of Atherstone by cathidaw

My earliest memories are of Aldringham. I was born in the Police Station on Mill Hill in 1937, the youngest of three children. My father was the local policeman, P.C. James McGuire. I often wonder now how my mother managed, with ...Read more

A memory of Aldringham by maureen

My parents ran the wine merchants Castle & Co ( became Victoria Wine) and I was married in August 1969 at St Peters Church. We lived just down from the Court House and I had my wedding reception there. Walked along ...Read more

A memory of Berkhamsted by rainbowbedding

Hi, I'm Les Bouchier I was born at 83 Durham Road Tottenham now called (Kitchener Rd) I was the last of the family, 4 girls and 2 boys born to Minnie and James Bouchier. In the early 1950s our family moved to Dawlish road due to ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham by lesliebouchier

Hi David Rowe ,only just found this site ,so apologies. Re W&C French, you may have remembered my father and my grandfather working at Frenchies. My dad Ron Dent ,drove cranes and brought the first 20 ton mobile Coles crane to ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by peter.dent3

I lived in Mill Road during the war years until I was about 18 years old. We used to walk to Purfleet Primary School every day which was quite a stretch. I seem to remember that the infant teacher was a Miss Pond who I believe later ...Read more

A memory of Purfleet by michael

I was born in 1947 in Hurlingham Road on the corner of Dolby Road. As kids we used to play in Dolby Road as there was only one car owner so not much traffic. Sometimes the car wouldn't start with the 'car handle' so we all ...Read more

A memory of Fulham by joycefayhawkins