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I returned to Andover in August 2010 and was as excited as the day we left in November 1956 when my family decided we were going to Australia. 54 years is a long time and I think that my wife was surprised at how much I remembered ...Read more

A memory of Andover in 1956 by John Abbess

My memories of Manor Park were that on a Saturday morning we used to go to the Granada cinema for Saturday morning pictures. The cinema was right next to the park and we used to go in the park on our way home. I lived in ...Read more

A memory of Sutton in 1950 by Ann Jaramillo

I lived at no 5, neighbours were George Sharples, Peter Humphries, Charlie Chedell. I went to Winsor Road School. We used to play on the railway sidings, and donkey bridge. In the winters we would go over to Peel Park and slide down ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1954 by Peter Brennan

I attended Zeals C of E Primary school between 1958 and 1963. We actually lived over the border in Bourton (next to the White Lion pub) but the school was nearer than Bourton school. "Pop" Winter and his wife were the full time ...Read more

A memory of Zeals in 1958 by Simon Palmer

Goodness! Reading all these wonderful memories of others living in Ogmore, reminds me of mine ... I remember visiting the Workmen's Hall cinema and all the 'old' movies - Dambusters, Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin! - how strange ...Read more

A memory of Ogmore Vale in 1955

My dad was in the REME we lived in Bermuda Terrace and then Dettingen Road. Does anyone remember putting out the summer fires in the woods?

A memory of Deepcut in 1956 by Paul Breen

I remember my early schooldays very well. I started at Bush Corner Open Air school in 1953. I was born in Ealing Road Brentford in 1947 and first went to school at Ealing Road school. When I was 6 I went to Bush Corner Open air ...Read more

A memory of Brentford in 1953 by Olive Fairchild

I was born in Burnt Oak in July 1956 in North Road - the same house that my mother was born in.  My grandparents lived in North Road for many years until North Road, South Road and East Road were compulsory purchased by Barnet ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1956 by Sandra Gibney

I have been trying to remember the exact dates when we lived in Dovercourt but I think it was something like 1953-57, while my father worked for the railway at Parkeston Quay. We first rented a place in Shaftesbury ...Read more

A memory of Dovercourt in 1955 by Robert Dingwall

I recall as a child in the 1950s, being taken on outings from my grandparents' home in Litherland via Seaforth/ South Road stations to the beach at Marine Crescent, Waterloo. On a recent nostalgic trip there I was surprised ...Read more

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