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I lived in the bungalow at the end of the spinny on West Avenue in the late 1960s and went to Highcroft School from age 4 to 5, which was an old Victorian building which always smelt of tomato soup and stood on the corner of ...Read more

A memory of Castle Bromwich in 1960 by Mark Waters

My name was Lynette Evans I’d just like to say hi to everyone that has shared memories of Splott. I remember so much, so clearly, I was barely 3 years old when I moved from Llanharran to Portmanmore Road. It was a ...Read more

A memory of Splott in 1964 by Lynette Carter

My dad was from Bridgend and my mother was from Llanharran. In 1961 soon after they’d got together, I was conceived, they left the valley's and moved in with my Nan, Maureen Payne / Pobihem, and Step Grampy, Polish ...Read more

A memory of Splott in 1964 by Lynette Carter

I was bike boy for Morris & Davis Butchers. Then went to Warringtons as a bricklayer. In 1968 I went to the Shell, 32 years later took early retirement.

A memory of Ellesmere Port in 1962 by John Burford

I lived with my parents John and Rhoda Mcgonigle and my elder brother Joe at 1, Alexander Drive and remember the sweet shop. We used to live next door to Mr and Mrs Dale who had a daughter Pearl. My parents ...Read more

A memory of Wishaw in 1960 by Christine Greathead

Thank you Lorraine for the many memories you brought back. I lived in Queens Crescent from when I was born in 1956 until I moved to Australia in 1968. I also remember the bakery on the corner of the lane by the school ...Read more

A memory of Stubbington in 1962 by Nigel Read

Just before the 1960’s transformed our innocent lives, all us village boys had a limited choice of tonsorial art; indeed you could count the number of available haircuts (styles wasn’t a word used for men or boys) ...Read more

A memory of Sherington in 1960

My family lived in Hillcrest Road, South Woodford from 1960 to 1973. I had a very very happy childhood there (am still happy though) but had to move to Brighton to attend a deaf school and to avoid the need ...Read more

A memory of South Woodford in 1965 by Christopher Wyer

I remember Gosforth High Street as a being a fun place with all the great shops; the Toy Cupboard now Robinsons, the photography shop, there was Maynards the sweet shop, Boydelles the toy shop, and Moods which was a gift shop. ...Read more

A memory of Gosforth in 1969 by Lesley Howson

My dad Jimmy was the local 'Baxter the butcher' for many years. I remember going to Samuel LLoyds school and going to see him to get my mince for cookery. We used to live next door to the doctor's surgery in ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1962 by Linda Tume Nee Wilson