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When our family, consisting of myself, Jean Pauline Smith, my mother who has since passed away (also called Jean, but her middle name is Audrey), and my sister and brother came to Bulwell, we came from the famous or infamous Balloon ...Read more

A memory of Bulwell in 1978 by Jean Smith

This school was the eptitome of a 1960s and 1970s style working class English school. If you've ever seen the school scenes in the film 'Kes' in which a young boy rears a baby kestrel then you will have seen life at "Brim boys". ...Read more

A memory of Brimington in 1971 by Fiddler Crab

I moved to Hundleton in the 1950s and spent all my childhood in and around, living at Belmont then Quiot's Hill before living for a while in Gilead, then back to River View. As the years passed my love for Freshwater West grew but ...Read more

A memory of Hundleton in 1957 by Charles Stanley

A demi paradise, Fluids Lane was at the far end of the village towards Glen Road, I think. It contained a stream, and woods. What wonderful memories I have of that place, nothing can compare, we played for hours damming the stream, climbing ...Read more

A memory of Oadby in 1948 by Christine Price

I remember the north side of the London road much as has been described by others with some differences, the last shop before the garage was Jones the butchers, owned by Mr Jones and run by his three sons, Roy, Owen and the third one ...Read more

A memory of Great Tarpots in 1945 by Colin Mackenzie

I lived in North Marston in the 1950s, at 25 Quainton Road My Grandfather Ezra Rawlings was a tailor. I remember bonfire night on the sports field, cycling down Church Hill, Christmas carols, Friday night youth club ...Read more

A memory of North Marston in 1955 by Rodney Abbey

Our family lived in Droitwich until 1965 when we moved to Australia. My brother and I went to Rashwood School and I remember that hill. I used to play rounders on the grassed area near the vegetable patch. The ...Read more

A memory of Droitwich Spa in 1960 by Jackie Marsh

My name is Irene Harriett Potts (nee Bryon), I was born 18-1-1921 at my granny's house in Bishops Wood (her name was Harriet Robinson). Our home was number 23 Offoxy Road, Tong, I lived there with my parents Louie ...Read more

A memory of Tong in 1930 by Jane Rushby

We moved into the Police House at Tyne Hill in January 1955. It was bitterly cold and we had no coal. My husband was still at Eynsham Hall and I was there with three children, 3years, 2years and one month old. I managed as best I could, ...Read more

A memory of Banbury in 1955 by Sami Whitford

I too, worked at Gallons, Dixon Lane as a grocery delivery boy. I was a small boy and remember the bike was very heavy, and that it was a hill in all directions. I certainly earnt my 12/6d a week and some broken biscuits, but the ...Read more

A memory of Lower Town in 1963 by Robert Brown