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I was born 6 January 1956 at 4 Lodge Road across from Skellow School on a Friday morning. My parents baptized me Shirley when I was 3 years old at Owston Church, my surname was Brown. My past relatives are buried ...Read more

A memory of Old Town in 1956 by Shirley Roe

I was married at the beautiful St Lawrence's in 1955. But I don't recognise it from the photo as there was a lovely wicket gate. We had a long hot summer that year and a drought was declared. Guess what! The first rain shower for ...Read more

A memory of Morden in 1955 by Rita Ford

Hello my name is Muriel Minshull, I was born in Whitefield and lived at 1 Statter Street, the two cottages are no longer there. I went to school in Whitefield, my teachers were Miss Cook and Miss Roland, oh she ...Read more

A memory of Whitefield in 1951 by Muriel Minshull

my first job at Tanners butchers that sold the best pies sausages and other foods ,I was there from 1959 till 1970 . fantastic place to work met lots of the stars of that time , and the locals were always so kind and giving ...Read more

A memory of Canford Cliffs in 1959 by Cyril Duffin

I was a boarder at St Peter's Court from the age of 6 to 10. My father worked on the oil fields in Iraq and because of my age we got special permission for me to board during the civil war there. My two eldest ...Read more

A memory of Bacton in 1957 by Kevin Heath

I, Helen Blake and my sister Carolyn moved with our parents Eileen and Arthur Blake to South Hill Cottages, next door to what was then the Post Office in Downderry run by Mrs Harris. Mrs Harris retired and the post office ...Read more

A memory of Downderry in 1954

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

Another memory I have of Brandon High is being taught Scottish Country Dancing, an ordeal exacerbated by the fact that boys and girls were otherwise segregated and consequently perceived one another as members of an alien ...Read more

A memory of Motherwell in 1957 by John Cunningham

I moved to Thetford from York when I was 2, my father bought a house in St Marys Road. I used to wake up to the smell of freshly baked bread from Barretts bakery. The bells of St Marys Church would ring out every morning at 7. My two ...Read more

A memory of Thetford in 1950 by Carol Boreham

http://www.rhostyllen.info I remember Len Hughes very well; he was a friend of my brother Glyn. We lived at 50 Wynnstay Crescent in the cul-de-sac (the square). My younger brother is Owen.I was a friend of Len's younger brother, ...Read more

A memory of Bersham in 1950 by Eryl Jones