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i was born right next to the park at number 3 Laurel Terrace. My parents were called Sam & Edith Barnett. I lived there for nearly 30 years & spent many a happy day as a kid in that park, climbing trees & making up games ...Read more

A memory of Skellow in 1966 by Mick Barnett

We used to call it the hotel, it was the hub of the village, there was a bottle and jug at the side door and me dad would send me down to get a bottle of double maxim and let me have a little taste when I was just a bairn. We ...Read more

A memory of Lynemouth in 1967 by Ruth Purvis

Just a little way down Fir Tree Road from where this was taken, was the home and surgery of my childhood doctor - Dr Smallshaw. I remember him as a kindly man, and his surgery smelt of surgical spirit and his waiting room had dark leather chairs.

A memory of Epsom in 1960 by Patricia White

My parents were born in India. My grandfather settled in Africa and had a good job. When my father got married he stayed Africa where all my brothers and sisters were born. My dad was a carpenter by trade; he arrived in ...Read more

A memory of Southall in 1962 by Amy Bhambra

It's funny how we forget. I had forgotten all about this pool until I saw this picture. I shouldn't have though I still have the scares to prove I was there. If I remember correctly there was a waterfall in the ...Read more

A memory of Gosport in 1969 by Alyson Smith

I still have fond memories of walking home from Amherst Primary School during the late fifties & early sixties. At the Shoreham Lane junction with Bradbourne Vale was a footpath which led down to the Darent....ideal for walking ...Read more

A memory of Riverhead in 1960 by Paul Semark

Me and my mum moved to Basildon in 1958 and my mum was highly delighted when she was awarded a council house after our grotty flat in London. I was very happy there when I was young, as there were fields to roam, ponds to ...Read more

A memory of Basildon in 1964 by Sue Dunesby

I used to play in the old Clair Meadow and remember the drinks machine which sold pink milk in a wax carton by the tree at the footpath entrance to 'the rec' on Perrymount Road which is still there...I ...Read more

A memory of Haywards Heath in 1969 by Jason Went

Went to Eastbury School, Dawson Ave. Was friends with Joan Petchey, Jane Peterson, Joan Palmer, Wendy Roberts, Doreen Spooner, Janice Bridgeman,Linda Etty, Heather Saint. Now live on Canvey Island as do Doreen and ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1966 by Kathleen Perry Nee Martin

Having been born in Ann Street in 1962, my memories of the surrounding area are quite vivid, including Waddles Foundry; the metal beating from the works would often wake me in the morning. It was on land just behind the Bull ...Read more

A memory of Llanelli in 1969 by Julie Hart