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Whenever the annual traveling funfair came to Danson Park in the 1960's for their Easter and Bank Holiday visits, it was party time for the local teens, a golden oportunity to hang out and socialise, meet up with friends old and ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by Bernard Schofield

We lived in Blaney crescent in council flats. Six families in our block were #49 Vaughns no kids #51 Catchpoles had six kids, Mickey & David of our gang #53 Groves 2 kids Steve(me) and Barbara, #55 was the Snows with ...Read more

A memory of East Ham by Steve Groves

My mother passed away in 1955 just two days after my 12th birthday following which a couple who my father knew and who had a handicapped son in a children's home in the village in Suffolk where I lived took me to their home ...Read more

A memory of Little Common by bewhiting

For some time back in the late '70's/early '80's I used to ride my motorbike from Worcester to visit my then girlfriend, Judith, at Sawtry. She had a post as a teacher at the village school. Used to love the ride over there on a sunny, ...Read more

A memory of Sawtry by bru.enzer

Does anyone else remember a lovely man ...I think he was called Paul... who used to offer speedboat rides at East Wittering around 1975-1978? He and his mate would simply pull the boat up onto the ...Read more

A memory of East Wittering by Lisa Hutson

It may seem strange, but this little hamlet of less than 200 people was the birthplace of a motorcycling legend, famed worldwide. The now empty Collington Works, Collington, Bromyard HR7 4NB was the home of Slater ...Read more

A memory of Collington by bru.enzer

I was a bakery student at Wrexham Tech. in the early 1960s and worked two holiday jobs in Rhyl. The first was at a bakery run by a Polish baker and he had a real Vienna oven, baked lovely crispy bread! The second was at Harry Brereton's ...Read more

A memory of Rhyl in 1962 by Ian Mabbitt

I lived along Windsor Lane which became Burnham Lane, also moved Counties from Bucks to Berkshire without leaving our house. The Mill was just down the road and I played with my friend Pam Willingale who later moved to Holyport. At that ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham

Hi, just been looking at the photos of West Hendon Broadway. I was amazed, during my last school years I worked for a greengrocer on the Broadway, Tim Smith, his shop is just out of the picture, left hand side where you can see the ...Read more

A memory of West Hendon in 1947 by Tony Day

I'm looking for photos or info about a children's home in the Royston area, I believe it was called East Riding Children's Home. My dad was placed there as his father Harold Jones who lived on Midland Road couldn't look ...Read more

A memory of Royston in 1950 by Donna Hayes