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Our first home was a ground floor bedsit at 40 Castle Corner opposite the castle. The old part of the road formed a hammer head and had three parking bays. One dark rainy winters night my husband parked outside and ran in to ...Read more

A memory of Beckington in 1976 by Christine Mabbett

I spent two wonderful summers in Pontllyfni in 1974 and 1976. I was a college student from the U.S., visiting Wales with a friend who had a cousin living there. The family owned a small inn just up the road from the beach. ...Read more

A memory of Pontllyfni in 1974 by Julianne Paul

As a child I was terrified of the churchyard, we had to walk past it to get to Wilson Way where my Nan Lizzie Grocott lived. It wasn't so bad in the summer but in winter when it got dark early we would get off the bus opposite ...Read more

A memory of Goldenhill in 1972 by Tina Stanyer

This was the first home I ever knew and remains, to this day, the one I hold as the true definition of 'home'. Waterloo House was where I was brought as a newborn in June 1974, and where I lived so happily until 1980 when we were, ...Read more

A memory of Heptonstall in 1974 by Claire O'brien

My grandparents (Alan and Doris Hartley) used to have a bungalow on Boat Cliffe Road, this shop was at the bottom of the road.  We used to go to Reighton Gap every school holiday and had some fantastic times there.  I think I recall a ...Read more

A memory of Reighton in 1976 by Richard Hartley

I lived in Caversham  in 1970-1972 at 11A Bridge Street, above the hairdresser's shop. It was owned by a Mr Simmonds, who was our landlord. There was a newspaper shop about 3 doors up from where we lived. There were our ...Read more

A memory of Caversham in 1970 by Kath Johnson

I was in this hospital for a couple of years when I was around 4 years old! (Hence the vagueness.) I recall the wards (dorms) and I recall bouncing from one bed to another along the entire length of the ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1979 by Nikki Wade

Eddie Shreeve was my grandad. He was posted to Walton on Naze Coast guard. It was here that his daughter met her future husband, who was also living in the coast guard houses in Walton. My mum and dad, still live there. I ...Read more

A memory of Winterton-on-Sea in 1975 by Jo Verberne

I bought my first motorbike from Comerfords in Thames Ditton (would have been at top right of this picture) in October 1973 - a Yamaha FS1e moped in 'Blackcurrant' metallic. But for up to two years earlier I would ...Read more

A memory of Long Ditton in 1972 by Mark Gardiner

1978 was the date I left Sellyoak to live in Wales. I have a lot of fond memories. I was born at 132 Raddlebarne Road in 1965. My mother was called Sheila, she sadly passed away last year, My grandparent were Edith and Osbert ...Read more

A memory of Selly Oak in 1978 by Amanda Thewlis