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I was born in 1952 at the hospital and my dad, John Chisnall, was an ambulance driver at the time and was well known to the staff; being an ex guardsman of 6ft 5 inches tall he was hard to miss. He was also at the ...Read more

A memory of Redhill in 1960 by Richard Chisnall

I was born in 1946 in a private maternity home near Walpole Park and the awful King Edwards hospital. I lived at 70 Gordon Road until I married (Haven Green) and migrated to Australia in 1970. I attended ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1960 by Sue Howard

I was 4 years old in 1961 when I first went to Mayals County Primary School as it was known then. My sister, Stephanie, who is slightly older than me was transferred there the year before from Grange to the new school. ...Read more

A memory of Mayals in 1961 by Richard Owen

I am trying to trace Spencers chalet site which was situated in Singleton, Blackpool, going back to the 1960s. I have recently visited the area and I think it may have been on the Windy Harbour site or nearby. It was owned ...Read more

A memory of Blackpool in 1962 by Janet Boyle

Memories of Brambletye Boys Preparatory School 1967 – 1971. When I went to Brambletye at the age of nine, in September 1967, it was my fifth school in the last four years. As my parents were routinely ...Read more

A memory of Brambletye House in 1967

The pictures in Francis Frith nostalgic photos, bring to mind the Cannock I remember. Even the pictures from 1955, the year of my birth, show places I recall. I would go with my grandad and John Brogan, in the old ...Read more

A memory of Cannock in 1960 by Robert Leighton

I lived on Farm Road behind the police station facing the court house. There were so many lovely old buildings on the Square that I remember. The most prominent one for me was the sweet shop, it had such beautiful ...Read more

A memory of Pontlottyn in 1960

My family moved to Gamblesby when I was four years old. Mum and Dad, ran the Coach and Horses in Penrith and decided to move to the country. I have such wonderful memories of village life. I went to the village school which was ...Read more

A memory of Gamblesby in 1965 by Sue Given

I can still remember as a young lad of 15 going to see my grandfather, Stan Crompton, at work in his little cobblers shop in his garden at 5 Chenies Cottages,Oakwoodhill and the smell of freshly worked leather. Also ...Read more

A memory of Okewood Hill in 1962 by John Goold

The old Comberton Hotel is only just visible at the margin right; owned by Len Grove who turned it into flats and opened a betting office on the ground floor and was a well known personality in the town. The shops ...Read more

A memory of Kidderminster in 1965