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Born at the Risedale Maternity Home in 1933 we first lived in James Street. I think it was 1937 when we moved to Clevelands Avenue in the new Beacon Hill estate. Barrow was bombed in May 1941 but it was the older part of the town ...Read more

A memory of Barrow in 1930 by David Norman

I started at The Mount in September 1947 when I was 3.5 and remember the uniform so clearly - plus of course the liberty bodices with buttons on for the elastic to hold up one's stockings. I was one of the very few children who ...Read more

A memory of Bishop Auckland by Nikki Griffith

I lived in Southend Road from 1940 till 1947 then moved to Kent. My grandparents lived at 16 Charnwood Gardens. I lived with my mother and older brother Byron, my father was away at war and I never saw him until 1945. I went to ...Read more

A memory of Sheriff Hill in 1940 by Dereck Hobson

My sister and I were at Shute between 1949 and 1952, and I hardly recognise some of the memories here! For us it was a happy place, where we rode ponies and made dens in the woods. We learned about wildflowers - Mrs. Clapp was very ...Read more

A memory of Shute by jane.maanley

My father and uncle were Simpsons of Wembley.They sold American Cars to all sorts of celebrities(And Gangsters!!)from the 50's to the 70's We lived on the Barn Hill Estate in Wembley Park.My father knew,due to his business most of the ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by Gary Simpson

I remember going to Slough on a Saturday night in 1958. I was fifteen years old. My hair was well greased and combed back at the sides and ending in a D.A. at the back together a quiff at the front. I was dressed in my ...Read more

A memory of Slough in 1958 by Charles Jenkins

On a recent visit (Sept 2010) to Southend, I walked along that section of the beach,which brought back childhood memories of seeing Punch and Judy shows at the Minstrel Stage in the years prior to WW II. The stage was ...Read more

A memory of Southend-on-Sea in 1930 by Brian Mendes

My Great Uncle and Great Aunt (Joe and Rose) both passed away recently, so I decided to share their memory here. I am their Great Niece's daughter. As far as I am aware, they met about aged  17 or 18 on a "Beano" on Southend ...Read more

A memory of Southend-on-Sea by Clare Jones

This is an iconic picture for me in two ways. First it shows the Spanish City somewhere near its heyday (spring/summer of 1955), bringing back memories of the great band of Harry Atkinson (the Ted ...Read more

A memory of Whitley Bay in 1955 by Colin Henderson

I spent a few weeks at the now long gone St Mary's Children's Convalescent Home overlooking the sea in Broadstairs, Kent. In the summer of 1956, when I was nine years old and my name was David Welsh, I was ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1956 by David Rayner