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I remember being a young whippersnapper in the good old Kippers Junction and the man who lived on the end of the street was named Joe Bigs. But he was always smoking about 20 snouts at 1 time. So we used to call him Old Smokey Joe - he didn't like the name but no wonder we called him it.

A memory of Tullibody in 1980

I was stationed in the US Air Force Base from 1981 to 1983 and used to frequent an Irish Pub there. I really enjoyed my time visiting with everyone in the pub each day. They all ...Read more

A memory of Upper Heyford in 1981 by Joe Wieromiej

I worked in Woolworths, met a lot of people, was so sad when it closed, turned out to be Iceland. I have a lot of good memories of Ealing.

A memory of Ealing in 1983 by Julie Bennett

I remember the pool very well as it was only a stones throw from the old playground which had a giant slide. The sad thing is, that one of my old friend's had an accident when the pool was closed and hit his poor ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury in 1982

Our parents bought Little thatch in the 1970's as a weekend cottage, and we loved it. One night, staying there with my husband, we heard a rapping on the front door. The time was very late pm, and we ...Read more

A memory of Ogbourne St Andrew in 1982 by Catherine Mackenzie

Growing up in Wallington in the 70s and 80s was fantastic! We moved to Wallington from Sutton when I was a few months old, the house was split into two flats, nana and grandad lived downstairs, mum, dad my brother and I lived ...Read more

A memory of Wallington in 1980 by Paul Railton

Wanted, did you work at the diesel depot at Shirebrook? Looking for information as I'm in the process of building a website about the diesel depot. If you have any pictures, stories,diagrams,memories etc about working at the depot, please contact me at epbridge@aol.com or 07983 117 638 thanks alan

A memory of Shirebrook in 1980

Samantha was about seventeen when I first met her, she lived at the large house next to the old Church Farm. I remember it was a hot sunny day and I was heaving straw onto the ground from the cart, wheat ...Read more

A memory of Honingham in 1981 by Tom Venour

Buying matchbox cars in what used to be the Post Office, sometimes after nursey school, my mum and I would walk up there and pick one out from the glass display case at the front of the shop. That's in the days when matchbox cars ...Read more

A memory of Elworth in 1982

Great times at Taylor High with Mick Logan, Kev Hastings and Mark O'hara etc.. I remember the time I went up on the flats (across from Taylor High) and got a big chunk of wet moss from a drain. I waited for Mick ...Read more

A memory of New Stevenston in 1984 by Mick Blair