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The Parc Hotel aka 'Reds' is located in Cardiff Road in Bargoed, it was once a residential property and was once called 'Gladstone Villa' and was split into four flats, the property and its surounding area has ...Read more

A memory of Bargoed in 1969 by Andrew Dexter

I loved reading the lovely memories of Kilburn. My Mother and father lived there in 1967 and some of their stories are lovely. I know this is a long shot but can anyone remember a bank advert in June 1967 for a bank offering to "Own ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn in 1967 by Mary Coffey

The names of the 2 male teachers were Walter Rogan and Peter Dolan. There are still plenty of people who went to Our Ladys still living in Formby a couple of whom I still socialise with. There were quite a few of us who went on to St Wilfrids and it would be nice to see who is still about.

A memory of Formby in 1960 by James Kershaw

Hey, do you remember Spaggetie, a small dumpy Italian who used to shout all the time. But what a place, all me mates would meet there, you didn't need money, he would give you a cup of coffee. Now, let's see if I can ...Read more

A memory of Salisbury in 1969 by Graham Lewis

I was one of the first students to attend Woking Grammar School! My first term was spent at the old school in Nissan Huts, but we moved into the new building in January 1958, I believe. What a beautiful building it seemed at the tiem, ...Read more

A memory of Woking in 1960 by Wendy Fowler

The best years of my life. I was happy and content and had lots of friends. My father was stationed at Tern Hill but we moved off base at Boscobel Road to a bungalow he built called "Green Haven" ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton in 1969 by Steven Loska

After leaving school I worked for a short time at Walsall Co-op in Bridge Street. One of my colleagues was a rather raffish young gentleman and 'man about town'. One day he invited me, which I thought a great honour, to have ...Read more

A memory of Walsall in 1962 by Michele Alberto

In 1960 my father returned to England with the US Air Force, stationed in Alconbury. This was the first time he'd seen England again, having been shot down after taking off on a bombing mission in Germany, originating from ...Read more

A memory of Earith in 1960 by John Ivy

In 1958/59 my mother-in-law Elsie Pugh has been cleaning the toilets for several years in Trecco Bay together with her husband Albert. My husband Roy Griffiths also worked on the site. We got married in 1960 and went to live in Trecco ...Read more

A memory of Porthcawl in 1961 by Kathleen Griffiths

A great place to meet the local talent - a great local band played there at times (and also at the Majestic in Motherwell) called The Midlanders Combo they were great; at least two of the band stayed in prefabs, the singer and the bass player. Great times then, young and carefree!!!

A memory of Wishaw in 1960 by Peter Chalmers