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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

My father Sidney Edward Nurden whose name is on the war memorial at The Broadway at Rainham. He died from wounds he received in France in 1944 aged 28 years. He is buried in the cemetary in Upminster Road where there are now ...Read more

A memory of Rainham in 1956 by Dennis Nurden

I was a pupil at Knole Park, when it was St Catherines School, I was there from 1954 to 1962. The photo bought back many memories, as the building has since been demolished, except for the tower, which is an ancient monument. ...Read more

A memory of Almondsbury in 1954 by Maurice Fountain

I now live in Adelaide, South Australia, but lived in Holly Road in the 1950s and I too have fond memories of Christopher's sweet shop. My brother and I played on Cove green a lot and I broke my foot there atthe age of 6. I took a trip ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1957 by Hazel Drummond

It was 1958 and I had just left school at Walbottle Secondary. Me and my best pal Wes Coulthard (who I'm sad to say has since passed away) went on our first holiday together before starting down the Pit. We went with his parents Jimmy ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1958 by Jimmy Burrows

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

mum and dad and i used to go on the ferry from kilcreggan to gourock . we went to the cinema there, it was called the tower. we had tea and scones at a cafe on the front.they were wonderful times. i lived in rosneath for about a year , ...Read more

A memory of Gourock in 1953 by Nigel Holgate

After WW2 my father was posted to the firing range at Yantlet , Grain. When he left the army he was a caretaker at Grain Fort before working at the new oil refinery. My brother and I spent our pre teen years at Grain. It ...Read more

A memory of Isle of Grain in 1950 by Peter Peploe

I lived in Alderley Edge from 1950 to 1964, with my sister Ann, parents, and grandparents, after spending my very early years at Clockhouse Farm in Mottram St Andrew. We came to live in a house called Croston, previously the ...Read more

A memory of Alderley Edge in 1955 by Graham Dilliway

I went to school in Bexleyheath between 1950 and 1954. I believe the school was in Pelham Road but I can't be sure. Maybe there was a separate infants school in North Street? I remember the excitement of the ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1950 by John Howard Norfolk