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Hello all, my name is Robin Harries, and in 1965 I was a teenager. Mr Moore (I think Len was his name) used to drive the Ford van and deliver to our farm (which was Cwmdraw Farm) with the chicken feed. He was a lovely ...Read more

A memory of Pontllanfraith in 1965 by Robin Harries

I moved to Great Baddow with my parents when I was four and we lived in Gowers Avenue, No. 2. This estate belonged to the Marconi Company and my father worked at Baddow Labs. I used to walk up there to meet him from ...Read more

A memory of Great Baddow in 1962 by Heather Chaplin

My parents, Rene and Freddie Gook moved to Abridge in the mid fifties. They were eastenders who belonged to a cycling club and used to visit Abridge at weekends - their destination was Brighty's cafe. They were ...Read more

A memory of Abridge in 1966 by carol.gook

I lived at Lane End, Bramley no 6 in the circle.  The white cottage in the picture use to have an apple orchard next to it.   Me and my cousins used to try and get apples before the old lady got out of her house but she always ...Read more

A memory of Bramley in 1964 by Sheilagh Daglish(Smith)

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

During the early 1960s my Aunt Bella and Uncle Alf lived down Ridway lane in a bungerlow called Fernleigh. It was detached, I suspect that it was part of field as the property had a five bar farm gate. Looking out of the ...Read more

A memory of Child Okeford in 1960 by Doreen Stockton

My husband and I had many a happy day fishing in Merry Lane. Well, he fished and I read a book! We stayed in a caravan in the field at the last farm down the end of Merry Lane. One holiday we arrived early and parked our caravan ...Read more

A memory of Bason Bridge in 1963 by Sue Bowles

South-end villas, that was my world in them days as a child, it was like the whole world revolved around it. I was  born and brought up there, if I had to write a story about the things we had to do as kids,or should I say found ...Read more

A memory of Crook in 1960 by Jeff Cass

My grandmother, Lillian Kemp, lived at 9 Howard Close. We visited regularly and had the best days running all over the village. Fishing sticklebacks out of the pond, looking for rats at the rubbish dump (!), trying ...Read more

A memory of Walton on the Hill in 1965 by Sue Hibberd

I was a resident at the cottage homes from about 1960 for a few years, and again in the later 1960s and early 1970s. The building on the right is where the swimming pool was. We used to collect the key from the lodge at the front ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch in 1960 by Lorraine Pritchard