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My Dad had the sweetshop opposite the police station in Benfleet High Road, and in the summer we used to do a roaring trade selling Lyons Maid icecream to the overheated drivers & passengers ...Read more

A memory of Hadleigh in 1963 by Pamela Jeanetta Gaines

I remember that accident happening - I think it was in the late 60's. My Dad had the sweetshop in the High Road opp the Police Station - and I remember my uncle coming in and telling us. We were quite amused by the name ...Read more

A memory of South Benfleet in 1968 by Pamela Jeanetta Gaines

I am an American and from 1959 to 1965 my family of seven lived on '9 The Drive', in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England. We were there with my father who was a U.S. Airforce Seargent stationed ...Read more

A memory of Wellingborough in 1960 by Anthony Wynn

I was born in Kings Farm Avenue, just off Manor Road in Richmond in 1964. When I was a baby we swapped council houses with my Uncle and moved into 28 Sandycombe Road - this was to be my home until 1987. My grandparents lived at number ...Read more

A memory of Kew in 1969 by Garry Smith

My family, the Lasts, lived in Leiston and worked at the Sizewell Power Station during 1965-66. They were good friends with Andy Bell who also worked at the Power Station inspecting the welding of the pipes. If ...Read more

A memory of Sizewell in 1965 by Kim Hogg

As a little girl I remember visiting Auntie Alice and Uncle Bill Rowe. They lived in Vine Cottage just down from the SSW Army Camp. Dad was stationed there after the Second World War, that's where he met my mother Margaret ...Read more

A memory of Netheravon in 1965 by Christina Jobling

As a youngster living in Great Easton along the Welland valley, my school holidays in the early 1960s were largely spent at Seaton Junction station in Rutland. My friend Colin and I would cycle there with a bottle of ...Read more

A memory of Seaton in 1963 by Jim Sharman

We moved to Gellilydan so that my dad could work on the power station. We lived in a caravan, Mum, Dad, my 2 brothers, Roy, Daniel and me, Angela Maalma. We had a wonderful time living there, playing in ...Read more

A memory of Gellilydan in 1963 by Angela Gibbs

I too saw this photograph in a cafe in Goldhurst Terrace. I recognised Finchley Road and Frognal Station as I was born in a flat closeby in 1967. My parents moved into the flat in 1966 and I was so glad to track ...Read more

A memory of Swiss Cottage in 1967

Hello all, my name is Steve Lane and I found this site whilst tracing my family. As a kid I lived in [Conningsby Court] Armfield Cresent. My dad Alf Lane used to drink in the Buck's Head and as a kid I remember sitting outside ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1960 by Steve Lane