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I can remember pupils attending: Malcolm Airey, Clive/Bill Needham, Christopher Strother, Antony Meager, Pinkerton, Baxter, Kimberley, George Wallace, Ward, Philip Lacey, my brothers Stephen and Mark Pink. I am John Pink. Staff I can ...Read more

A memory of Whittlebury in 1957 by john.pink

Re Shrublands my son was born there in September 1958 when it was in a large house in Morgan Avenue just up from Castle Circus. The house is still there but it is now a drug rehabilitation centre.

A memory of Torquay in 1954

Jennifer and I started our married life in South Wales in a little village called Caio, at that time all Welsh speaking. You may have gathered from my writings I was recalled back into the army for the campaign that was called The Suez ...Read more

A memory of Caio in 1956 by George Larbey

Does anyone remember FOLIE? Back in the 1950s when I lived in West Park there was a well known man, usually located at the end of the castle walk near Portnahapple, who was famous for his ability to see into the future. ...Read more

A memory of Portstewart in 1950 by Bertie Hunter

I was born on my grandfather's smalholding alongside the River Taff; he had run it as a small pig farm/market garden. I can remember looking up at the viaduct and watching the trains running across it. The whole vale had such a ...Read more

A memory of Taffs Well in 1950 by Roger Smith

My grandmother, Cecelia (called Cissy) was the head cook at Castle Ashby in the 1940's and 1950's. I got to know many of the staff, Mr Garbett was the chauffeur, Mr Maclean, the butler, I remember Mrs Cross and my ...Read more

A memory of Castle Ashby in 1950 by Jane Folkes

I remember going to the chip shop just across the road, opposite the entrance to the camp, also fishing for eels in the nearby sluice. We would also enter the sand castle competition on the beach. We used to travel to Mablethorpe by train and then get picked up by a special bus up to Trustville.

A memory of Trusthorpe in 1953 by John Prince

Lovely to see a picture of the Castle with the old cottages and the Indoor Baths at the base. My family used to live up the road from there and this area was our playground.

A memory of Guildford in 1951 by Janet Fincham (Ryan)

I was a teenager in the 1950s, worked at Consett Iron Company. We were teddy boys, had all the gear, suits, shoes ... Our nights out were Co-op dance Thursday nights. Them that had girlfriends always met them inside. Friday was ...Read more

A memory of Consett in 1950 by Alan Sanderson

I did my SRN at the DRI. Seeing the photo of the Castle brings back happy memories. My husband and I spent many happy hours in the grounds surrounding the Castle. On my last visit to Dundee the housing complex in the grounds of the old DRI were ...Read more

A memory of Dundee in 1954 by Edna Adamson