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I lived in Southdown House, opposite the Gas Works, from 1960 until 1978, when I got married. We had moved when I was 5 from Northwood Street off Livery Street not far from St Pauls square. I attended Cromwell Street ...Read more

A memory of Nechells in 1965

The Winkle Picker was nothing to do with picking winkles as some may think! The shop was owned jointly between Miss Joan Winkle and Miss Joanne Pickering, who also owned the Grey House in west street, and latterly the dinghy club ...Read more

A memory of Polruan in 1965 by Pete Williams

The ballroom had huge paintings on the walls. In particular I recall one of Sir Walter Raleigh. The patients' dining room had those lovely murals. We were issued a key which unlocked all of the doors in the hospital ...Read more

A memory of Virginia Water in 1961 by Patricia Hampton

I was 4 when we moved to Watford. They were just nearing completion of the subway which ran from the top end of the town to the Town Hall, and where the library is now situated, and we had 3 cinemas then, the Odeon, which had moved to ...Read more

A memory of Watford in 1969 by Paul Skinner

I can remember going there to have my tonsils out. I was aged 7. I was terrified until I saw the beautiful dolls house. And I can remember having to eat cornflakes the next morning. My brother and sister had to look through the window because they were not allowed in.

A memory of Ipswich in 1965 by Julie Alsop

I am honestly not sure when I was at Port Regis. I know it was around 1966 as as I remember the Abafan Disaster being on the news and the song 'Little Donkey' lol. I was there because of a head injury I suffered in the early 1960s. ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1966 by Stephen Beech

My name is Bill Mitchell - when young in Wheatley other children called me Billy. Some of my old school friends still live in or around Wheatley. My father had a shop in Station Road for a while selling electrical goods, and ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley in 1960 by Bill Mitchell

I lived in Gamesley for a very short while, but it's an episode of my life that I will never forget. I used to live at 10 Callow Close, it was late autumn of 1968. So much was going on then, the moon landing was yet to ...Read more

A memory of Gamesley in 1969 by Howard Davies

The Granada on the left and down the road, the new cop shop. On the right would have been Herschels house, demolished of course!

A memory of Slough in 1960 by Dave Hill

Born in 1947, I grew up on Babington Road, Streatham. I remember the Home Guard a few houses up and Robin Hanson and I would play on the search lights left over from the war when we were four or five. ...Read more

A memory of Streatham in 1960 by Paul Chandler