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1965. During my time working here I carried out a number of different jobs, one was to make Zinc ingots, my shift would start with my furnace fired up and there next to it would be my "charge" this would be a pile of old ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1965 by Jimmy Burrows

Hello can any one help me please? This is not specifically to Minehead but in April 1960 I stayed at a wooden chaleted holiday camp on the north Somerset coast to the east of Minehead, I think. All I can remember is that I stayed at ...Read more

A memory of Minehead in 1960 by Pat Horton

I was at Brownrigg from 1963 to 1966, I was in Pennine dorm, Lorna Herron. I remember Bent Toe, he had to be put down at the school, a girl called Diane was really upset about that. I remember gathering bracken on the fells for the ...Read more

A memory of Bellingham in 1965 by Lorna Gowland

As a young child I can remember several holidays taken at the Warners holiday camp at Seaton. The serious business of 'motoring down to Devon' was never taken lightly, lunch was prepared the night before to be eaten at Stonehenge, where ...Read more

A memory of Seaton in 1965 by Michael Gough

The hunt used to meet at the Six Bells, and we used to go down to see that. Next to the pub was a field where the annual Gymkhana was held.

A memory of Bramley in 1960

. When I was a gusty young airman So many seesaw sunny days Were spent with blue girls on Marlborough Downs Our only access, a path both straight and narrow, Thinnest and steepest in its final assent.   Emotions ...Read more

A memory of Burderop Park in 1964 by Ed Schussler

Oh the memories stored away!! Charlie's opposite Cove Green, going there for sweeties on a Sunday, Cove Green (not as good as Tower Hill swings though!), Mundays closing at 1pm on Sundays, Thorntons with its yellow facade, and wool etc, I ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1965 by Ann Mozdzer

Our family moved from Churchill Road, Willesden to the country right out to Dudden Hill, in Normanby Road. The entrance to the park was just down the end of the road near the old iron bridge. There was a rather short ...Read more

A memory of Hendon in 1961 by Jim Rabbitts

Really it was 1961-66. I worked as a Geologist for the United Steel Companies based in Rotherham. I visited Haile Moor and Beckermet Mines every two or three weeks for 5 years and came to love the area and its people ...Read more

A memory of Thornhill in 1961 by Geoff Potts

During that summer my family made a trip to stay at Mount Edgcumbe for a fortnight or so, my mum being a distant relative of the occupying family, so to speak. On the journey down the A.38, (no M5 then), I ...Read more

A memory of Mount Edgcumbe Country Park in 1961 by Giles Daubney