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I attended this school with my friends Alan Foster and John Diamond. Mr Thomas was the English language master, my worst subject. I loved the playing field at the back of the school and beyond was the Dragon Tree which we all ...Read more

A memory of Welwyn Garden City in 1954 by Nigel Seccombe

Before living in Oxhey I lived in nearby Hatch End and one of our Scout Troop's nearest places to camp for a weekend was Carpenders Park Farm in Oxhey Lane. We would pack everything we needed for a couple of nights ...Read more

A memory of Oxhey in 1958 by John Howard Norfolk

I remember going to Leesons (Private School). It was run by Mr and Mrs Leeson with the assistance of their daughter Joy - sadly it was closed many years ago and there is a developement of several houses built on the site ...Read more

A memory of Hythe in 1955 by Maureen Young

My Grandfather, Andrew Johnston, lived in Kilbride Cottage, Rhu (next to the manse on the corner) and every school holidays my mum Janet Kempton (nee Johnston) brought us up to Rhu for the holidays. Grandpa died when I was about 8, he was ...Read more

A memory of Kilcreggan in 1950 by Joan Carter

Hi I was at Arnhem camp in 1958/59. This was where the heavy drop platforms were rigged with Landrover+trailer, before being transported to Abingdon airfield. There they would be loaded into a Beverly aircraft (with ...Read more

A memory of Watchfield in 1958 by Len Booth

Did you go to St. Patricks Open Air School? I was sent in 1957 as I had very bad asthma and I left in 1965. The school was open to about a hundred girls who suffered from a range of chest conditions. The ...Read more

A memory of Hayling Island in 1957

Is the pond still there? I remember delivering newspapers to the pub, and to other houses and cottages around the heath - by bike all the way from Moor Park shops! At least it was downhill from here - about three papers to the ...Read more

A memory of Batchworth Heath in 1958

I moved with my parents, Ron and Edith Burnett, to Abergorlech in 1952 when I was 10 years old. My father worked for the Forestry Commission, and we lived in the Forestry House about a mile west of the village. In those days it was ...Read more

A memory of Abergorlech in 1952 by Pamela Krist

Friends of the family owned a remote cottage towards Cairnsmoor from Creetown. We holidayed from Surrey on steam-hauled trains via Carlisle to the end of the world. Sheep scratched their backs on the corner of the cottage. Brown ...Read more

A memory of Creetown in 1954 by Laurie Packer

I was a pupil at St John's Open Air School from April 1958 until December 1961. Most of the boys like myself were boarders from other parts of the country and we have all lost contact with each other ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Bridge in 1958 by Jeffery West