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My Grandparents Jack and Edna Williams ran The Blue Cap Hotel in Sandiway during my youth and my fondest memories are there, of Rooms 6 and 7, which would be allocated to my sister and I during our stays. There were garages out ...Read more

A memory of Sandiway in 1964 by Anita Healey

Whilst I lived at Mattishall near Dereham in the early 1960's I became a regular visitor to the area in Summer and Winter, having use of a small boat at Burnham Overy Staithe. Fishing and full days out at ...Read more

A memory of Holkham in 1960 by Neville Orton

Whenever I think back to my upbringing in Nantymoel, my first thoughts always turn to the endless adventures we had exploring the woods and forestry which clad the mountains on either side of the valley. The long school ...Read more

A memory of Nant-y-moel in 1962 by Norman Lloyd

And so i became a full teenage worker, ha ha , off to earn all that fabulous money, to buy all i wanted and roll around every where in style, be like the grown ups , drink beer down the pub or up the pub in ...Read more

A memory of Menithwood in 1966 by Nicolas Fumarola

I was born in Southgate and schooled at Arnos Grove Sec Modern. My earlist memories of Wood Green are of my father and his brother working together on the Trolly buses out of Wood Green Garage. My mother used to take my ...Read more

A memory of Wood Green in 1960 by Richard Jeeves

Hi, I can see that Janet Lee has posted some info, I am wondering if you are the older sister of Patricia Lee or perhaps another relative. Their family emigrated to Australia on the Canberra some time in the early 1960s. I was ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1960 by Debra Richards

My mother worked in Lloyds in Holton Road. They had two shops, one which she usually worked in selling Lino, beds and furniture, and china etc. The other shop was the largest of the two and my mother used to shop there a lot. ...Read more

A memory of Barry in 1960

My name was Dorothy Nilsen, I fondly remember Glenmavis Primary School, in late 1950-1960s, and then on to Airdrie High. I lived in a little cottage, 205 Glenmavis Road, just past the Burn and before the ...Read more

A memory of Glenmavis in 1960 by Dorothy Tester

While working in the Lake District as an hotel assistant manager I reached such a point of frustration that I up and quit my job and applied to emigrate to Canada. Five minutes later, after hearing of my decision, the head accountant ...Read more

A memory of Enfield in 1966 by Dylan Rivis

I remember my dad asking me to go to the hotel in Annbank for his fags (funny how it was always at night), if it wasn't for the promise of getting a bag of crisps for going, I'd surely never go. This was the most scariest hotel, in ...Read more

A memory of Annbank in 1963 by Alex Steele