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I am writing this in the hope that people may remember me. I lived in Cascade Close from the age of four and a half to 11 years. I had been fostered by a family. My best friend was Linda Liddell and she lived next to me. ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1960 by Wallis Alington

We lived in Robert Street from when I was 5 until I was 12. There were a few big families around, I remember the Inland the Kelly's and we all ended up moving to Sale. Our neighbours were Margaret and Harry Waite and they also ...Read more

A memory of Harpurhey in 1966 by Heathet Hall

Waiting for the owners to go out, then playing soccer on their lawn - like Wembley we used to say..!

A memory of Cwmparc in 1968 by Clinton Roberts

I lived at 46 Cricklade Ave until 1969 when we moved to Wickford, Essex. My name is John Sargant and I have twin sisters. I remember our neighbours, Mr and Mrs West, on one side and Mr and Mrs Rogers on the other. I attended ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1968 by John Sargant

This estate including Stanford Close, going off to the right, was built by the Barwood Brothers, builders of Laceby between 1962 and 1960. We were the first owners of the left-hand of semi detached bungalows seen ...Read more

A memory of Laceby in 1963 by Dennis Read

I lived in Glenmount Road from birth (1946) till 1968 and have visited several times since. There used to be a dairy at the end of the road - owned by the Bugden family. They later built a two storey house on adjacent ...Read more

A memory of Mytchett in 1960 by Norm Cheale

My name is Linda Lygo (nee Moore). My dad worked at Postlewaits Farm as a labourer and me mum and my brother Nicky lived in the house that were owned by the farm. I went to Harborough Magna School but cannot remember the ...Read more

A memory of Harborough Magna in 1965 by Linda Lygo

This photo actually shows Stifford Road at the South Ockendon end. The road goes over the railway bridge in the distance and up to Ford Place. The houses on the right are Cherwell Grove. I was born in 1958 at no.144, ...Read more

A memory of Aveley in 1960 by Amanda Barwick

I lived in All Saints Road at the far end as it was a cul de sac where there was some waste ground that had once been a vicarage and we knew it as bells yard. It was a great place to play until it was fenced by the council and after that ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon in 1960 by John Clark

In 1960 my grand parents moved from Easington Colliery to a new house at 51 Edenhill Road.My parents lived close by in Harvey Close.I used to go messages for my grand mother to Edenhill shops,where there was Robsons the ...Read more

A memory of Peterlee in 1960 by Douglas Scott