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I grew up in Cheapside Village and went to Cheapside C of E School when it was still in Cheapside Road between Mrs Clarke's house and Mrs Mc Master's house, opposite the social centre. I remember Mr Goulding the Headmaster ...Read more

A memory of Ascot in 1960

My name is Bernadette McDonnell and I have memories of the convent between roughly 1959 - 1965. Does anyone remember Sister Alberta from that time? She used to work in the kitchens. Does anyone know if the cemetary is still there ...Read more

A memory of Hayling Island in 1960 by Bernadette Mcdonnell

I love Tywym (Towyn). I worked at Tynycornel Hotel in 1962 until 1964 and I remember doing my shopping in Towyn, and finishing with a lovely cup of tea or a milkshake at the milk bar in the High Street. My dream is to go and walk its places before I finish. Love to everybody in my Towyn.

A memory of Tywyn in 1962 by Candelas Marie

I remember family holidays at Runnacleave. Vague memories of a particular room that was long & thin with two beds in line. Stayed again couple of years after & remember looking though keyhole at the same room - ...Read more

A memory of Ilfracombe in 1968 by Paul Devoto

My mum and dad owned the Greengrocers opposite what is now Sainsburys; in fact my sister and I were both born above the shop. Then my dad had a shop in Bellingham and we moved to Purley; in 1971 we all moved to Eastbourne where dad ...Read more

A memory of West Wickham in 1961 by Tracey Lyons

I was born in 1960 in Delham Ave and grew up at 1 the Crescent with my two brothers and sister. My father, Ronald Wykes, took the steam train to Waterloo each day as he was a banker in the city. After he retired he took up a ...Read more

A memory of Egham in 1960 by Andrew Wykes

I walked to and from school past the village shop known as "Greens". the walk to school was approximately three quarters of a mile which we often did unaccompanied. As we climbed the steep, to us, hill up to the ...Read more

A memory of Little Hallingbury in 1963

I can remember Stella Watson and her husband Jim being the landlords of the George.

A memory of Hambledon in 1969

On a Saturday morning my sister and I would go and do some shopping for granny. In particular I remember going to get half and ounce of snuff from a little shop near the cinema. Who remembers the Ritz picture house ...Read more

A memory of South Wigston in 1962 by Mary Middelton

My dad was a driver for the Venture Bus Company, we lived in Greenside not far away and in 1962 I went to Hebburn Technical College to do a two-year secretarial course. At this time, living in a pit village, girls ...Read more

A memory of Victoria Garesfield in 1962 by Pauline Tweddell Stafford