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I was born and bred in Gravesend. This photo brings back many memories of summer days down the prom! We always came here with my mum. She used to leave us and our cousins in the park behind the cafe whilst they went shopping in town. ...Read more

A memory of Gravesend in 1969 by Trudie Grant

Hello. I lived in Kingsbury from 1943 until 1962 when I moved to Canada. I lived off Old Church Lane. We walked to the pool with our sixpence and had to stand in line for what seemed hours - as they only would allow a ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury in 1962 by June Smith

In the summer of 1963 my Dad took my sister (11), brother (4) and me (6) to stay with my Auntie Marie.  She lived in the house adjoining the pub.  I think it had a name like Penryn and appeared on the front cover of Country ...Read more

A memory of High Easter in 1963 by Christine Mabbett

It's nice to see this old photo of Teddington where I lived, in Church Road, no 38.

A memory of Teddington in 1960 by Peter Heward

I was born in 1963 in Travis Street, Hyde, my parents Joan and Stan Smith owned a small shop at the time. I think it may have been a general grocers. They moved to Newton shortly after I was born. They then bought a ...Read more

A memory of Hyde in 1963 by Gillian Hullock

My late parents were the landlord and landlady of the Vine public house. I was just coming into teenage years. Friends came from the base who lived in the village. The pub itself was refurbished in ...Read more

A memory of Great Bardfield in 1969 by Dawn Willshere

I and my family stayed at the Ferry House, next to the Boat House from 1965 to 1973. The house was then owned by the wife of my dad's boss and we used to be able to go for a fortnight each summer. We used to park our car, ...Read more

A memory of Laugharne in 1965 by Julia Hammonds

Hubert Atkinson was my grandfather and his mother lived in the house next to the blacksmiths. I was born in 1961 and have a photo of my great-grandmother, mother and grandfather standing outside the cottage (with me in her ...Read more

A memory of East Harlsey in 1961 by Stephen Byrne

Every morning from 1968 when my family moved to 2 Grovewood Road, I was woken by the pit wheel and watched it from my bedroom window until its closure 1973. It was in direct view straight up through the first straight of ...Read more

A memory of Radstock in 1968 by Dave Horler

I am the grandaughter of Ted Patmore who ran Patmore Brothers in the High Street Loughton.  1960 was the 50th anniversary of my grandpa opening the business and this year would have been the 100th if it had ...Read more

A memory of Loughton in 1960 by Jennie Ford