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I moved to Northolt from Greenford in 1960 aged 6, to the Racecourse Estate and lived at no 15, Plumpton Close with my mum and dad and sister Corinne and brother Clifford. Our little road was all families with small ...Read more

A memory of Northolt in 1960 by Deborah Alexander

As a long distance truck driver running up from Staffordshire I would spend five nights in Sheffield every two weeks. I would stay at the Salvation Army hostel just off the moor. Evenings were spent wandering around ...Read more

A memory of Sheffield in 1963 by Peter Hawthorne

My memories of Oving are wonderful to me. My parents Jock & Maggie McLintock owned the Butchers Arms from about 1961 to 1966 or 1967, I may be wrong but sometime around then. The pub has very fond memories for me. ...Read more

A memory of Oving in 1962 by Jess Ridgewell

At the time, I was in the RN, serving in a Joint Servce org attachd to the Army at Wilton. My wife and I lived in Manor Road, just off London Road. Most of our shopping was done at weekends, starting off with a ...Read more

A memory of Salisbury in 1962 by David Jones

The Common, which is a delightful huge stretch of open ground from Cardiff Road to the Westra, was the sporting centre for the villagers. Here the cricket club played and the rugby club also held their ...Read more

A memory of Dinas Powis in 1966 by Gerald Davies

I was born in Barnet, but we lived on Hatfield Garden Village estate from 1949. My mother still lived there until July last year where she died peacefully in her chair. Over the sixty years I have seen many changes, most of ...Read more

A memory of Hatfield in 1960 by Christine Newman

manor of Highnam by Tom Fenton

A memory of Highnam in 1960 by Arie Van Doorn

Irby Manor is a very old building listed in the Hundred of Wirral and was once surrounded on three sides by a moat. There are stories of an underground tunnel leading to Thurstaston so as the early occupants could escape via the River ...Read more

A memory of Irby in 1960

My name is Andy Pearce and I was born in New Haw in 1952. I went to Grange School in 1957. Names I remember are Jenkins, Wright, Hatch, Swanton, Gill, Watts. Many more faces than surnames.Was a paperboy at Flanagans on ...Read more

A memory of New Haw in 1960 by Andy Pearce

I was at the Convent when this picture was taken. In the foreground you can see the tennis courts. Our dormitories were on the 'Top Landing', the windows you can see on the second floor. The Convent was run by the order of St ...Read more

A memory of Lechlade on Thames in 1960 by Lesley Hayward