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My earliest memories of the seaside are from the 1950's. We lived in Bexleyheath and - like most people - did not own a car in those far off austerity years after the war. For this reason our summer ...Read more

A memory of Westgate on Sea in 1952 by John Howard Norfolk

I was a 16 year old boy and lived with my family on a hillside opposite Tunstead quarry known as The Lees. Every Sunday morning I would pick up the papers (News of the World , People etc) on my bicycle from the post office in Peak Dale, ...Read more

A memory of Wormhill in 1952 by Don Edwards

I was/am the lad on the right! I discovered this picture a few years back in a superb Frith's book on Kent. Alongside me is my mate Ray. I think the year is more like 1957 or it could the summer of 1956. It was during those lovely ...Read more

A memory of Sheerness in 1957 by Derek Gallagher

I remember Bedfords from my childhood. When I was about 12 years old my friends and I used to cycle to Bedfords Park from nearby Elm Park, about 7 miles away. Bedfords Mansion as we used to call it, was being used as a ...Read more

A memory of Havering-atte-Bower in 1954 by Barry Strange

When I was around seven years old I was at a convalescence home called Oak Bank, in Seven Oaks Kent. Is it still there? Carol Harrison

A memory of Sevenoaks in 1950 by Carol Harrison

We - that means my brothers  and I - arrived at the home from Kent and although we were very small at the time we grew to know this as home. My best memories are of a Sister Esther who looked after us, and watching the TV which had just ...Read more

A memory of West Pentire in 1950 by Nicholas Howell

Hi, my name is Jessie Peake (Nee Kent), I used to go to the Willows school between 1944 and 1952. The Willows was my favourite school, I can remember having to sleep on camp beds every afternoon .. boy, did that room smell from those ...Read more

A memory of Morden in 1950 by Jessie Peake

In 1950 I lived with my parents in Church House - the partially obscured building on the right. Except for three years during the war I lived there from 1938 to 1958. I remember the spire of the church being struck ...Read more

A memory of Cuckfield in 1950 by J R G Edwards