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This view has hardly changed, I have recently took a photo from about the same place and it is almost the same. The wall running in front of the church as gone now but the park on the left and the school wall on the right is still ...Read more

A memory of Worksop in 1959 by Barbara Whiteman

Good morning from Waterloo, Canada. I was absolutely thrilled with your site and stumbled on it quite by chance. I was born in 1943 at my grandparents house at Yew Tree Terrace just off Station Rd. I grew up in Shepley, ...Read more

A memory of Shepley in 1957 by Marilyn Haywood

This photo brings back many happy memories of Meifod in the 1950's when I used to go on holidays there with my family. The white building in the centre was the bank and the photo was taken outside the Lion Inn where my grandfather ...Read more

A memory of Meifod in 1950 by Brian Morris

My memories of Byfield, where I lived on the brand new council estate, in Lovett Road, are idyllic. I was there from age 6 to 10, then we moved to York. We children had to walk what seemed like miles, in all weathers, to the ...Read more

A memory of Byfield in 1954 by Rosemarie Delaney

I grew up in Galpins Road, Thornton Heath and as a youngster joined the ABC Minors at the Rex Cinema, Norbury sadly now demolished and replaced by an office block. I saw many of the MGM Musicals at the Rex, including ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1958 by John Wimpenny

Living in Old Barn Way (#14) I attended Southwick Primary School in Manor Hall Road. A memorable day was in 1956 when a Valiant bomber crashed into the "rec" spewing its body parts (and sadly three of its crew) into the surrounding area ...Read more

A memory of Southwick in 1956 by Brian Langworthy

As a boy growing up in Burnt Oak I remember the barrow boys in Watling Avenue, the hustle and bussle of everyday trading, the people gathering round the stalls, the banter, the laughter, the friendliness.  Like one family everyone ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1954 by Clive Sambrook

I moved to Farleigh Road, New Haw in 1952. I attended West Byfleet Junior School and then Fullbrook School until I graduated in 1960 (after taking a special "commercial course"). Left New Haw in 1966 and moved to Vancouver, British ...Read more

A memory of New Haw in 1952 by Carole Woodward

I love this photo of Loughton High Road as it shows just on the edge the cinema we used to have. Kids could go to Saturday morning pictures. We could see locally all the latest films.  To depart this asset from our town was not really progress I think.

A memory of Loughton in 1955 by Kathleen Rice

There was an old bag wash where people could bring their dirty washing to be cleaned around New Street/North Street not far from the police station that was on the main Wolverhampton road.  The police station ...Read more

A memory of Wednesfield in 1959 by David Aulton