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I remember my nan taking me to meet Mrs Hughes the headmistress of John Burns Primary on Wycliffe Road, Battersea, the school is now flats. I also remember being in a school play with the famous actor Tim Spall. We lived at 115 ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1964 by Paul Wingrove

I left school in 1962, I went to Norlington Boys. I remember the snow that year when the roads were blocked, the only way the milkman got in was by sledge, I have got a photo somewhere. I started working for my dad, Albert ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1962 by Peter Brennan

I was born in Perivale and lived with my parents and grandparents in Greenford Road (no.283), just 2 doors along from Croyde Avenue. My Nan and Grandad owned the sweet shop in Greenford Market, where the buses ...Read more

A memory of Greenford in 1960 by Deborah Alexander

I used to be the foreman in the garage, I am Maltese, so anybody about my age (67) will probably remember me repairing cars there. The service station was owned by Mr Willetts who lived on the corner of Kenneth Road ...Read more

A memory of Thundersley in 1965 by Alfred Grech

I was born in Ravensthorpe in 1937, went to school at St Saviour's infants and the Secondary Modern school until I was 15 years of age. I began working at Hartley Bros, a leather mill at the bottom of Scout Hill, later I worked at ...Read more

A memory of Dewsbury in 1960 by Ken Parratt

The Crown Hotel dating back to the reign of Queen Anne circa 1702. Demolished to make way for hideous 1960s architecture, Dickie Wright's butchers shop and cottage on the corner of Church Street, the bandstand where Bob ...Read more

A memory of Cannock in 1960 by Chris Ingram

This photo shows the by-pass (Heol Gwilym) after its construction around 1962. Prior to by-pass construction, the A483 went through the village. The by-pass effectively neutered the village and thereafter ...Read more

A memory of Llandybie in 1962 by John Lewis

Growing up in Haskayne was the best time of my life, friends made were friends for life, Life was slower than now but oh so better, One of the endearing memories of Haskayne is of the PEAR TREE WALL, about five feet tall, with several ...Read more

A memory of Haskayne in 1963 by Richard Melling

My memories of Albert Crescent are going to Freeman Hardy Willis, the shoe shop on the corner of Hall Lane, with my mother and sister. Also of going to the greengrocer shop on Albert Crescent, I think it was ...Read more

A memory of South Chingford in 1963 by Kathy Jones

London Road was a very different place 50 years ago to the collection of twee wine bars and restaurants that it is now. It was a real 'working' village providing all the goods and services that were needed by the ...Read more

A memory of Alderley Edge in 1960 by Graham Dilliway