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I lived at nine forge field with my Granddad and Grandma and went to school at the local primary school. When I was about eight or nine years of age, I befriended a local landowner from Coopers Farm, his name Mike ...Read more

A memory of Stonegate in 1968 by Kenneth Hazelden

I lived in The Angel opposite and spent all of my pennies in Roper's. I remember big Fred with much fondness.

A memory of St Neots in 1965 by Peter Tantram

It was either 1967 or '66, I can't quite recall. I was attending St Georges S M school Dersingham, when a producer came up from London and put our year through its paces to put on a performance from Animal Farm for the school. I ...Read more

A memory of Shernborne in 1967 by Anne Bell

I remember many many things As a child about London Street as for many years my father had a photographic business adjacent to the Olympia Ballroom (first property on the right hand side of the ballroom with the name Photo ...Read more

A memory of Reading in 1960 by Frank Waddom Brown

My mother, Josephine Miles, worked with Mrs Thorne who owned the Antiques shop in Church Street, near the Castle. It was called 'Nell Gwynn's'. It was said that it had a secret tunnel that was built by King Charles II ...Read more

A memory of Windsor in 1964 by Carole Freeman

I used to work in Dewhursts butchers on Whipperly Ring, Farley Hill Est. Mr Brookes, the Area Manager, had his office over the butcher shop on Market Hill about 50 yards from the Red Lion Hotel. I have very fond memories of Luton from that ...Read more

A memory of Luton in 1965 by William Rooney

The picture above is of the Ongar Road, at the area by the Robin Hood Pub. I used to go to school with the daughter of the owner of the hardware shop, that is the first shop on the right. The area looks very much the same today.

A memory of Brentwood in 1965 by Patricia Hannafin

This picture is of Queenie Shuttler's cottage. She used to keep a cow and made the most delicious cream. Her brother, Les Shuttler, drove me to and from the bus stop, about 4 miles away at the White Hart, Poulner, to go to school ...Read more

A memory of Linwood in 1968 by R A Fletcher

I lived at 136 Meadway, out of the back door, down the garden and on to fields. My Aunty Lucy never locked the door when we went to shop, you could trust people then, happy days.

A memory of Streethouse in 1960 by Michael Brown

Started school at the wee primary, then Uphall and Broxburn Acadamy. It was a fab place to grow up in and have lots of memories of my years there.

A memory of Uphall Station in 1960 by Sheena Paterson