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I spent several summer school holidays in Didcot with my mate and grandad, he lived in Newlands Avenue with my Uncle Bert. Grandad ran the bar in the army camp. He used to send me round to wake up the men first thing. The man in charge ...Read more

A memory of Steventon in 1955 by Thomas Johnson

The building in the middle of this photo was the village shop. It was owned by my grandmother, Hilda Green. It seemed to me as a child to sell just about everything I could ever have needed in my life. Granny was ...Read more

A memory of Hurstbourne Tarrant in 1955 by David Green

I was saddened to read the blogs of boys that had such an unhappy experience of days as a boarder. I was there from 1951 until 1957 and whilst I also remember the less than idyllic food and discipline, I tend to believe ...Read more

A memory of Bridport in 1951 by Frank Sharp

I lived in Deepcut from 1951 to 1959 in Ceylon Terrace, Blackdown Camp as a child in the army married quarters  My father had just been posted back to the UK after serving in Germany. There were about eight ...Read more

A memory of Deepcut in 1950 by Sheila Walker

Opposite the post office at the end of the parade of shops was a dry cleaners owned by what I thought was a rather posh lady who would call me Poppet. My mother cleaned house for them and sometimes I would be ...Read more

A memory of West Drayton in 1953 by Barry Hawgood

I used to live in Grace Avenue, Bexleyheath and one of my earliest memories is of first viewing the house when I was 2 years old. We moved in about 6 months later. I can remember seeing Fairfield Road marked ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1953 by Josephine Taylor

We moved to Oaktrow in January 1957, me travelling in the cattle truck. The rest went by car. We stayed the first week or so at the Lion Inn, Timberscombe. Oaktrow had been purchased the previous summer. We eventually ...Read more

A memory of Timberscombe in 1957 by John Nurcombe

Hi I would love to hear from anyone who knew of Ronald Buckley. He built a home on Post Office Road in Woodham Mortimer. My mum was just 2 years old when my grandad Ronald got shot ...Read more

A memory of Woodham Mortimer in 1950 by Angie Collins

I lived with my grandmother who was Sara Catherine Roberts and we lived in Liverpool House, Penisarwaun. I was a teenager and lived there for about three years. I went to school at Llanrug, the one down the bottom of a lane. ...Read more

A memory of Penisa'r Waun in 1958 by Wendy Ann Preston

I lived in the village from the age of 9 years to 11 years. My parents were Norman and Dorothy Gower, and my dad was the manager of John Miller's the grocery store, across from the White Horse pub. Our next door neighbours ...Read more

A memory of Sherfield on Loddon in 1953 by Norma Mechaly