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Until the mid '70s Shotley Gate was the home of HMS Ganges, a Royal Navy training establishment. As 15 year old boys under training in 1964 we were allowed to visit the Post Office (see photograph in this collection) to draw money ...Read more

A memory of Shotley Gate in 1964 by Phil Smith

On the left of this view is the pub sign for the "Railway Hotel" - a popular drinking venue for older members of St Anselm's Youth Club and the Hatch End Young Conservatives!  Next door is a garage ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End in 1965 by John Howard Norfolk

My family and I lived in Forge Cottage (known to us as the Blacksmith's Cottage) from about 1962 to 1964, whereafter we emigrated to Canada. I have fond memories of the cottage and its low ceilings, the Aga ...Read more

A memory of Easthampstead in 1963 by Susan Cann

Sometimes on the way to the Green we would watch the men walking up and down the Bowling Green. They really took things seriously! The Green was mown to precision and I'm sure the bloke that cut it measured the length of ...Read more

A memory of Camberwell in 1967 by Denise Masters

The Queen's Head is little changed - maybe a horse trough on the pavement but the front of the building is pure English village pub! It was the starting point for many a village pub crawl and some fun times pushing ...Read more

A memory of Pinner in 1966 by John Howard Norfolk

This photo is of Rough Stones Farm, Walsden which in 1960 was owned by my grandfather and is still in the family.

A memory of Walsden in 1960 by Robert Hudson

From the early 1900s to the mid 1960s my family, the Coopers, owned Thompsons Bakers, Confectioners and Restaurant at 34-36 Tavern Street.  If you turned left into St Lawrence churchyard - just where the person on the left of the ...Read more

A memory of Ipswich in 1960 by Suzanne Dawes

I was born Susan Cooke in no. 11 Quanton House, Amersham Street just of Liverpool Street , in my nana's flat. We lived with her until I was 3 from 1957 to 1960 when we moved to Trenham Street near to where the Salford ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1960 by Susan Dardis

I clearly remember starting at Greetby Hill C of E School in 1960. The headmistress' name was Miss Cobb. I then moved up into the Junior School in 1962, taught in succession by Miss Greenwood, Mr Tyndsley and Mr Hesketh. The ...Read more

A memory of Ormskirk in 1960 by Phil Angus

We moved to Prestatyn in 1960 when I was 3. My first memory was riding on my dad's shoulders walking up the High Street and seeing a bus with no roof! We lived in Linden Walk for three years and I used to enjoy milkshakes in a ...Read more

A memory of Prestatyn in 1961 by John Harvi