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Lots of memories came back to me when I saw this picture of Ramsey Secondary Modern School, of lots of friends and lots of teachers and the headmaster, Mr Fluff Burton. I played a lot of sports in teams with friends as well, tennis, ...Read more

A memory of Ramsey in 1965 by Jennie Quinton

My family of 8 moved to Duke Bar in 1960. I was 6 years old. We lived on Pheasantford Street, which is not visible on the photo but it was a right turn before reaching the Duke of York Hotel. I worked at Hudson's cake shop opposite ...Read more

A memory of Burnley in 1960 by Margaret Forrester

This relates really to the mid 1950s and early 1960s. We lived in Upper Belvedere in the prefabs. I went to Bedenwell Nursery School and then we moved to Lower Belvedere opposite the railway station and I too had a great ...Read more

A memory of Belvedere in 1960 by Kim Preston

My family lived at 3 Downsway just off Southlands Avenue.  I had two older brothers when we arrived and by 1966 I had two more and a sister. My older brothers and I attended Warren Road Primary and I ...Read more

A memory of Orpington in 1965 by Peter Browning

I remember most of these places shown in the photographs and as I look at them memories flood back! I remember learning to swim by the steps on the quay and drinking cider whilst hiding amongst the sprat boxes piled ...Read more

A memory of Wells-Next-The-Sea in 1963 by Fred Pentney

I first came to Dartmouth in 1966 as a member of the Vancouver Boys Band. We were a 39 piece military style marching/concert band. All of us in the band fell in love with Dartmouth. We were hired to play for the Carnival in June and the ...Read more

A memory of Dartmouth in 1966 by Chris Best

We came to Banstead from New Zealand and my parents bought 2 shops in High Street, the toy shop down one end which had some nursery things in it also, and the nursery shop up the middle of town. I was so blessed to see this photo as we ...Read more

A memory of Banstead in 1963 by Corinne Pennay

I have very early memories of Boxford Primary School. The school teachers were Mr and Mrs Alderman, Mr taught the older children and Mrs the young infants. I attended both, I started in the infants ...Read more

A memory of Boxford in 1964 by Michael Lipscombe

I was reading on one of your pages, someone was asking about a shoe repairer, opposite 'The Red Lion' in the Bouet. His name was Len Purdy snr, I worked in Purdy's shoe shop in the pollet , from 1960 to 1965, leaving when I had ...Read more

A memory of Guernsey in 1965 by Christobel Sparrow

I was born in Wythenshawe in 1954. My father was the local Policeman, he had a large ramshackle allotment on the junction of Stockport road and Bloomsbury Lane. It was entered by the side of a building which for years was a ...Read more

A memory of Timperley in 1960 by Graham Ingham