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We had the use of a 3 bed detached home down here for 10 years, it was right at the top of the hill and we could see for miles in all directions. We would come down with suitcases and chill, our youngest was 1 and eldest 13, we had ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbridge in 1987 by Loraine Roles

this street is the scene of many a frantic cycle to the sweet shop (aka village shop) at the bottom of the hill, eager to hand over our week's pocket money to Mr Knight who ran the shop. This view is roughly from the pub on the ...Read more

A memory of Wherwell in 1985 by Sebastian Buck

Millport to me was, as I'm sure it was to most who have visited over the years a place where cars were few and pedal power ruled. All my memories of Millport as a child involved a long walk over the hill from the ferry, ...Read more

A memory of Millport in 1980 by Ronald Andrews

I lived at 34 Ullerswater Road from 20th January 1963 till March 1980 when we moved to Chesterfield when I was 18. My earliest recollection was of when we went to Broomfield Park to go to the mother and baby clinic that was in ...Read more

A memory of Palmers Green in 1980 by Jon Lloyd

I used to live in the house opposite the farm called Wall Hill Cottage. I remember picking the damsons from the trees lining the path and sell them to passers by. My parents renovated the cottage from a very run down ...Read more

A memory of Pickmere in 1980

I think my uncle was the caretaker at Garfield Road - not been down to the recs for years, are they still there? We used to go to the rec from school at Queens Road, also we walked down from school to play cricket ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon in 1980

I remember sitting on this exact bench at the top of Martins Hill in the park in the 1980's, and the view was very similar. I grew up in Shortlands, Hillside Road, and spent most of my childhood in this park. We played cricket in the ...Read more

A memory of Bromley in 1980 by Vicki Waving

This is a part of Laindon we must preserve, there's not many left, but it should be safe on top of the hill. Many happy days were spent in the fields behind, flying kites and playing football, when I was a child and with my grandchildren in ...Read more

A memory of Laindon in 1983

Just go down Stakes Hill Rd. to where Gino's the hairdresser is situated and the next door semi was the home and business address of A.Olding Painter's & Decorators est. 1880. The Olding's were an old ...Read more

A memory of Waterlooville in 1983 by Melvyn Griffiths

1985 to 2008, fantastic times for bird watchers, lots of friends made, bill williams, frank, clive, john gerwood, the boys from bristol, all the rspb wardens over the years, anne and all the staff at the log cabin, all the ...Read more

A memory of Symonds Yat Rock in 1985 by Terry Arnold