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My parents Angela and Leslie Jecks-Wright bought the house in the picture, on the right, and made a successful business called the Moat Tea Room of it!  Our house was at 64 Fore Street. We used to get coaches visiting the castle, ...Read more

A memory of Framlingham in 1970 by Virginia Jecks Wright

Hi everyone , I was born in trem-y-gardden november 1960 but only lived there untill i was 6 months old , then my parents moved us up to the top end of pen-y-cae onto cristionydd , Now my memories of living there looking back ...Read more

A memory of Penycae in 1970

My grandparents and father were born in Brentford, so armed with an address from the census and a new-found enthusiasm for family history, I made my first ever visit. I walked along the High Street and found a large supermarket and ...Read more

A memory of Brentford in 1978 by Celia Cotton

30 years just passed but it still seems present, the time I spent in Witheridge since 24 December to 1st January when I got back to London and then flied back to Italy. I spent splendid days by a family of ...Read more

A memory of Witheridge in 1978 by Guido Caramia

I visited Ilfracombe in 1977, and wanted to go to Lundy Island, but my father didn't want to go. I bought nearly all the Lundy Island stamps at the time in the post office on the High street of Illfracombe. It was the exact ...Read more

A memory of Lundy in 1977 by Evelyn Jepson

I used to work at Wilsons bakery, Greatbarr Street in the early 1970s, prior to that I used to help a Mother's Pride baker in Northfield on Saturdays and before I went to school. I still remember the round to this day, also ...Read more

A memory of Deritend in 1972

Penybont Carnival Display Band mid 1970''s Growing up in Aberkenfig was good fun. I attended Tondu infants and Junior schools, later on Ynysawdre comprehensive school. Along with quite a few of my friends, ...Read more

A memory of Aberkenfig in 1973 by Tracy Thomas

I lived in Kington up until the age of 18 years. My late father, Geoff Taylor, was a keen bowler and known as 'The Firer'. The picture of the cross brings back memories of my father on a Saturday morning catching up with his ...Read more

A memory of Kington in 1972 by Helen Nee Taylor

When we lived in Wallington from 1965 to 1972, I remember going into Mantles the newsagent/sweetshop and buying sweets for my little brother and I. The town hall and library are situated behind here and looking down the high ...Read more

A memory of Wallington in 1970 by David Marshall

youth club on pant street the cafes aserattis gattis (spelling?) pin ball wurlizter coke snooker hall, balfour barry trips

A memory of Aberbargoed in 1970 by Tony Williams