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i used to use the waller st. youth club in waller st. and also the swimming baths opposite.I spent hours in the Victory cafe and walked miles around the milk bars.Does any one remember the Vic.WE had a lot of Americans then as competition for the ladies then. Ken Allen now of Norwich.

A memory of Luton by brian.allen70

I remember like it was yesterday, there was Walter Wilsons where we got our shopping, they used to serve the butter onto greaseproof paper and wrap it there and then. Opposite was the little sweet shop and I still ...Read more

A memory of New Brancepeth in 1963 by Gillian Rouse

These memories have been contributed by Myra Greer. In 1947, when I was 7, my mother and I moved from Salisbury in Wiltshire where my father was stationed at RAF Boscombe Down, to near Llanfarian, where my grandparents had ...Read more

A memory of Llanfarian in 1947

I believe my mother and sister lodged with a Mrs Bromley in Kelly Bray sometime during WW2. Mrs Bromley was so lovely, unfortunately she had no room for my sister and I, we had to live with a Mrs Pellow, a very severe lady in Luckett. ...Read more

A memory of Kelly Bray by June Tipping

My Mum, Sybil Anne Clark née Cornwell, was evacuated from London to Bozeat during World War Two. Sadly, my Mum now resides in a nursing home and is suffering from the advanced stages of dementia. As you may be aware, one of the symptoms of ...Read more

A memory of Bozeat by clsunit

I lived in Figheldean from about 1949 - 1953, my parents and I lived in the Red Bungalow near the Wheatsheaf pub. My best friend was Wendy Stanfield, sadly no longer with us. Her father owned Stanfield's garage situated in the ...Read more

A memory of Figheldean by Rosemary Coleman

I wrote this piece for a writing group exercise in April/May 2019, near my home in NE Scotland. LIttle did I know then that some of the memories would form part of my Mum's Eulogy just three months later. The day ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by shea.carol

Septemeber 1950. We had just completed our eight weeks basic training at RAF West Kirby and were all eager to know where our next posting was to be. Against my name was RAF Amport but this raised a problem, no one had a clue where ...Read more

A memory of Amport by hachesney

This area was quit well known to me as I lived in Portsmouth until just after leaving St Lukes school,about half a mile away,although I returned around 1968 .The black square on left of photo was a pub ,and outside most days stood Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Portsmouth by Ken Elsley

We moved from Steed Road Huswell Hill, where i was born,to Northview Road N8 in 1938. Jumping to 1941 Mum, Dad, brother Bill and me lived at the bottom end opposite, Southview Road. A stick of bombs dropped on our end of ...Read more

A memory of Crouch End by brianfinn37