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We used to go down the rock on our home made trolleys on a Saturday afternoon to the Grand Cinema to watch stuff like; Hoppalong Cassidy, Roy Rogers, Flash Gorden and the Three Stooges. They were the good old days, no street corner yobs and muggers, life was great then, pity it ain't like that now.

A memory of Frodsham in 1951 by Geoffrey Boow

I was thrilled to see your photo of the market including Cross House Stores (the building on the far right of the picture). We lived there in 1955 for about 2 years. The front was a wine and spirits store that my father managed. ...Read more

A memory of Bawtry in 1955

I grew up in the same house until I was 18, from 1946 - 1964 when I moved to London. My dad was a butcher for East Fife Coop and my mum worked at the farm prepacking potatoes. I have great memories of the cul-de-sac. I ...Read more

A memory of Methilhill in 1950 by Anne Ihde

Having lived from 1938 to 1959 in the adjacent Lymington Road, which backs onto the Richmond-Broad Street Line serving this station and having passed it daily to and from my way to school/work, I ...Read more

A memory of Swiss Cottage in 1950 by Dennis Paul

I lived in Cintra Park, off Anerley Hill from 1950 to 1967 and remember the Paxton Arms on the corner of Palace Road. There was a general store on the next corner up owned at one time by the son of a friend of my ...Read more

A memory of Crystal Palace in 1950 by Alan Baker

The Abc; I was a monitor had to keep the kids in check - ahh yes, so many memories. The flats seen at the back, I used to live at No.39 Penfolfd Court (4th floor), and I loved roaming Mitcham. It was always a mystery; the trolley ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1959 by David Buettner Banks

We lived just down the street from this corner and it all seemed so small to me after returning from eight years in Canada. I had left England at age 5 and came back at age 13 which was quite a culture shock for me. But Slough and area ...Read more

A memory of Slough in 1959 by Carolyn Babin

My parents had what they called their 'shopping account' with Barclays in Sunningdale - the main account was in Weybridge. About once a week my mother would go into Barclays to withdraw cash, and I would love to go with her. ...Read more

A memory of Sunningdale in 1950 by Barry O'dwyer

I lived in Clinton Road, Shirley from 1950 to 1956 when we moved to Smethwick. At the time it was a cul-de-sac and we lived at number 95 right at the end. There was a wood next to us with a wide path though it to Widney Lane. There ...Read more

A memory of Shirley in 1955 by David Hall

The Embassy in Green Street was formerly called the Odeon. Other cinemas in Gillingham at that time were the Plaza in Duncan Road (on the site of what is now Aldi's) and the Grand on the corner of Skinner Street and Jeffery ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham in 1950 by John Addiscott