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I was born at 40 Bracken Bank (off Fernbank Road) in June 1953. I attended Ascot Heath Primary School on the original site in Fernbank Road, from 1958 until 1964. I remember Richard Dale from these days, although I ...Read more

A memory of Ascot in 1960 by Susan Hunt

When Mr & Mrs Carrington had White Lodge I used to be employed by them every summer helping out in the kitchen and looking after the children. When they sold White Lodge and bought The Riviera lodge I once again worked for ...Read more

A memory of Mawgan Porth in 1966 by Elizabeth Carthew

The Ship Inn can be seen to the left of the photograph; just beyond the wall. My great-great-grandparents, John and Mary Real (born in Axmouth in 1821 and 1824 respectively) were licensees of The Ship Inn, Axmouth, at the ...Read more

A memory of Axmouth in 1960 by Pauline Morgan

I attended Salford for two years 1963-1965, studying Civil Engineering. I suffered from undiagnosed mono and fought fatigue and sleepiness, so much so that I could not keep up with my studies and had to withdraw. I did not enjoy my time there and went through the motions of being a student.

A memory of Salford in 1963 by Edward Williams

Shops on West Street in the 1960s were left to right: Merritts the butcher next door to Blackiston the butcher, famous for the specialty sausages, also had its own slaughterhouse and in the back garden an Anderson shelter used ...Read more

A memory of Midhurst in 1960 by Doug Murphy

This picture is just too small to see if my parents' shop - Kolordek - is illustrated in the row. We moved away around 66/67. Vaiseys had the grocers next door - I was friends with their daughter, and the grocer's next to ...Read more

A memory of Ickenham in 1962 by Patricia Reeve De Becker

I lived in Bassaleg from the age of 3, (1955), when Church Crescent and surrounding area was being developed. I lived in Church Crescent with my family until I left for Manchester in 1976. I went to the ...Read more

A memory of Bassaleg in 1966 by Linda Sullivan

I was born in 1956, in Wiltshire, but my first memories are of Pawlett, where we moved, when I was very small. It was a smaller, quiter village than it is even now. I went to the village school, on the village green, next ...Read more

A memory of Pawlett in 1961 by Rene Rees

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 was landlord of The New Inn public house in Bridge Street and dealt wih Rodwells over the years The lorry is delieveing to the A.B.C. Off licence shop. both Rodwells and A.B.C. have ceased to exist. Mike Hall

A memory of Buckingham in 1965 by Michael Hall