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I am not too sure I can be the only one to contribute, but am glad to do so.i was a patient in 1959 as a young lad with tb and was so desolate to be away from my home and family,it is very clear in mind now all ...Read more

A memory of Llangwyfan by william.thomas241

I was interested to read your account of Quarles and Bosworth schools. The primary school set my opinion of education, we were constantly beaten for minor infringements, made to stand on a chair hands on head whilst a female teacher hit ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill by david2547

I was lucky in that I lived in an area that was not often touched by the violence that was going on in Northern Ireland at the time, but a telephone conversation with my mum in recent days brought back memories of life in ...Read more

A memory of Belfast in 1970 by Isobel Buck

My grandmother came from Shepton Mallet and left to live in West Yorkshire. I came to live for a short while and attended school out on Charlton Road. The house I lived at was the last one on Waterloo Road at its junction with ...Read more

A memory of Shepton Mallet by Ian Ludwell

Does anyone remember the Tip and Mount Pud with the cave at the top? This wonderland was at the bottom of Hollingwood but it's all cleared now. We used to play there all the time. There were hard rainbow coloured stones which we I used to ...Read more

A memory of Hollingwood in 1947 by Don Rawding

Around the time I was in Mill End Junior school up to the age of 11 (1948-1951?), the school was affiliated for some reason to the church, which sat by the sports field up the hill. As a small boy in shorts I was puzzled by the ...Read more

A memory of Rickmansworth by John Nicholls

I had a younger cousin called Lucy and unfortunately owing to divorce she ended up living with the nuns at St Claires. I used to visit her and she'd sometimes came to stop at my home on weekends - she got on well with my four ...Read more

A memory of Pantasaph by Dianne Hughes

Fort Street, in North Motherwell, was a very close-knit community in the 1950's, which is why I still remember the following names: Mr and Mrs Darroch lived at number 21 with their children John, Denise and Keith. Mr Bill Rae, ...Read more

A memory of Motherwell by John Cunningham

Sunday 25th of June 1944. A lovely summers day but at 9 o'clock in the evening the air raid siren sounded and a few minutes later a V1 flying bomb came roaring over the housetops, apparently going to miss us - but ...Read more

A memory of Chingford in 1944 by John Grant

I have just found this site, and although I now live in Manchester I have many memories of growing up in South Norwood and Croydon in the 1950s and 60s. I had forgotten about the donkey in Kennards Arcade, but when I read ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1960 by David Greenfield