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when i was a child i attended hunters bar school in sheffield, i lived on chelsea road at bryncliffe. i cant remember the park at the bottom of the road from the school, but i remember going there every thursday, my ...Read more

A memory of Sheffield in 1961 by Jane Rothwell Meehan

I lived in the house which was just to the left of this picture. My Dad was the local coal merchant (Lowe Bros Fuels). As children,we used to play "round the church" which was the rough track surrounding St John's Church,and ...Read more

A memory of Heaton Mersey in 1965 by Joanne Poole

I remember, has a young boy going up to Spencers farm (next to the church) to help Mrs S collect eggs. I also helped with the milking,cail cutting and potato picking, Bill (son) would collect us from the village green (the ...Read more

A memory of Tamworth in 1966 by Patrick Derwin

I grew up in Bath Terrace in the early 1960s and the photo of Wilkinsons brought back memories of its pre-supermarket days of high dark wood counters, butter in barrels and the smell of roasting coffee. Pumphreys with the ...Read more

A memory of Gosforth in 1962 by Sue Edgar

I remember many happy days at Monkton Park Swimming Pool, with my parents and friends. We would take a picnic and spend the day there. The sun always seemed to be shining on those days and people came from miles around to use the ...Read more

A memory of Chippenham in 1962 by Margaret Woolford

I was born 1954 in St Mary's Road, Barking and use to go to Saturday morning pictures with my friends and the Barking Park Lido. The town has changed a lot over the years, you might recognize some bits and a lot of the pubs have since closed, I used to go to Eastbury Comprehensive and left in 1969.

A memory of Barking in 1969 by Marguerite White

Does anyone remember the mobile library that was parked near the parade of shops? I think there is a house on the land where it used to park. I have memories of hanging my beret up on my named peg; my double-breasted dark blue rain ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1965 by First Name Last Name

I am young enough to remember Gosforth as a thriving High Street and as a boy buying models from Boydells and my first singles from Woolworths, getting the 45 back and forth with my older brother to go to school ...Read more

A memory of Gosforth in 1969 by Jonathan Vernon

I remember first day of school in Wheatley at 5 years old and Mrs Summer used to live right next door to the school, that is where I met my best friend to be, Anne Joiner, we went to ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley in 1965 by Andrea Collier

I was born in Stroud Green in 1950, and lived in the same house in Oakfield Rd N4 for 28 years before moving up and over the hill to Inderwick where I still live. I remember going with mum to pay the rent at Hornsey Town Hall, and seeing ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey in 1960 by Alan Last Name