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I lived in East Runton as a child somewhere around 1960 and I have a couple of memories. More than likely they are for my own purpose but here goes. I used to play in the white pillbox that was up on the cliff edge. When I ...Read more

A memory of East Runton in 1960 by Paul Wilton

Coming back to this site, I was so glad to read the memories that Jimmy Burrows has added for Newburn & Millfield. His memories was just a lttle before mine but the areas are so vivid in my mind of when I was a kid. ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1965 by Palmina Moore

I was born in 1947 and grew up in Brasted Road, Erith. I have very happy memories of my childhood. Saturday morning pictures at the Odeon, the dances over Burtons, the riverfront, the ice cream parlour in Pier Road, the library ...Read more

A memory of Erith in 1960 by Patricia Goode

I was at Warnham Court in 1963. I remember David Knowles (from Balham), Irene Bone, Derek (tall & red-haired), John McDade, Irene Bone (who was friends with a Jean), two girls called Rita (one on whom had severe ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1963

I have great memories of Matfield Green. My mum and dad would pack up all our kit, put it into a large van then we would be taken from Lewes in East Sussex to the cherry orchard in Matfield Green. The cherry orchard was on the ...Read more

A memory of Matfield in 1964 by John Arnold

I remember moving into the village (Eastfield Close) in 1968, before the bottom end of Shawley Road was built and here there used to be a small coppice which was affectionally known as the Ghost Wood, with a big fishing pond ...Read more

A memory of Fernhill Heath in 1968 by Des Dillon

My father was farm manager at Orange Court Farm from 1964-1967. We lived in one of the cedar wood bungalows put up in Littleton, I suspect in the early 1960s, by the More-Molyneux family for estate workers - they also owned the ...Read more

A memory of Guildford in 1964 by Andrew Webb

My Dad was from Ashgill and my Mum was from Stonehouse. Emigrated to Canada in 1957 where I was born. First visit to Scotland in 1967 and met my grandparents in Ashgill - 15 Bogside Rd - Peter and Jeanie Hamilton. My Dad ...Read more

A memory of Ashgill in 1967 by Catherine Wells

My family hails from Storrington, Spierbridge Road. My Nanna was Hilda Linfield, my aunts still live quite local. My late mother was Josephine Linfield. I was Jozane Linfield (later Ellis). I remeMber the carefree days playing with ...Read more

A memory of Pulborough in 1964 by Jozane Gray

I lived in Bryncethin for a time as a child in the 1960s. 20 Wigan Terrace, it was a shop run by my mother; my father was in the RAF. I remember the shop front was pink and white and the shop sold sweets, toys and general ...Read more

A memory of Bryncethin in 1964 by Julie Gordon