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School Speech Days

When I was a pupil at 'Blackburn High School for Girls' we used to go to Blackburn Cathedral for the morning sevice on Speech Day. In those days the Cathedral was dark and dismal with masses of dark wood and lots of box pews. I ...Read more

A memory of Blackburn in 1959 by Susan Walsh

The Oval.

We lived on the corner of the oval adjoining Burnt Oak Road in a flat, 53b, above what was at the time an empty shop. It was wartime and we used to ride our bikes around the empty shop. Out the back was a garden and there was an iron fire ...Read more

A memory of Sidcup in 1942 by Hazel Whatley

Shirley Road Shops

I lived at Ashburton and spent my junior school years from 1953 at the primary and junior schools after which I walked everyday to South Norwood  where I attended Stanley Tech.  The interesting part was the intermediate school ...Read more

A memory of Addiscombe in 1955 by Roger Steer

Riceman's Fire

Riceman's fire was Sunday 6th October 1963. I am researching a book on Deal's shops and have been given the local newspaper for that week. The front page banner headline is "Deal store destroyed by fire." And the introduction reads ...Read more

A memory of Deal in 1963 by Judith Davies

Margaret Bevan Home Heswall

Sometime during the 1950s, as a child, I spent six weeks at the Margaret Bevan Home. It was located nr. the coast. It was a large detached house with a conservatory with wicker furniture. Other girls and myself were often ...Read more

A memory of Heswall by Ann Richards

Where's Our Susan!

I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when I saw this photo and the year it was taken. I was born in 1960 and my mam already had my two older brothers to look after, one was 3 and the other 1. She took us all to the shops one day, ...Read more

A memory of Widnes in 1960 by Susan Miney

School Days

This photo reminds me of two wonderful years I spent at York Technical College in Clifford St. I always found the tower fascinating, but never learned its history until many years later. I love York, even though I live half a world away now, I always visit the city when in England.

A memory of York in 1950 by Margaret O'mahony

Fletchers Pond

I first used to cycle to this school - which was split between Newport Priory Boys' Secondary Modern School and Carisbrooke Grammar School - in 1961. The long, low building to the left of the picture was the Priory Boys' School, the ...Read more

A memory of Carisbrooke in 1961 by John Wilson

Memories Of Woolworths

When I was 14 and a half, I took an evening and Saturday morning job at the Woolworths in Varley Parade.  I was still there five years later, when my A levels came to an end.  I still see supervisor Dot from time to time, ...Read more

A memory of Colindale in 1977 by Geoff Phillips

The Ferns

The Ferns was my grandparents' house during the late 1950s - 1960s.  Their surname was Edwards. (Ellen and Lewis.) My mother (Anne) spent many happy times here. I wish they were still here to share these photos with but unfortunately my ...Read more

A memory of Southerndown in 1960 by Karen Mc Intyre

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