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Remember when I was a lad a group of us friends used to gather at the bottom of what we used to call the 48 steps and have a race to the top - the last one up was a wimp. Those were the days, when lads were lads.

A memory of Bromsgrove in 1954 by Colin Warman

My uncle Steve owned a bungalow in Jaywick Sands, "Abijan", at 18 Lavender Walk where I spent my childhood bank holidays and annual six week school holiday between 1945 and 1953 and occasionally short breaks ...Read more

A memory of Jaywick by ducatee

My greatest memory was the summer evenings during the 1976 heat wave playing 123 & in in Manor Close. I spent many an evening pulling the pines from my clothes having hidden in the conifurs outside 12 priors Hill. We were never ...Read more

A memory of Wroughton by davebracken364

Here's another set of memories about Walhose Junior School as I promised. In 1955, I moved from John Wood C of E Infants up to the Church of England's own junior school which was located on the New Penkride Road. I ...Read more

A memory of Cannock by brucehaycock

We moved to Swindon in 1957 from London (Wimbledon, actually) when my dad, a skilled engineer, got a job at Vickers Armstrongs at South Marston, with a brand new council house thrown in. In those post-war austerity days there was ...Read more

A memory of Swindon by besafisher

My name is Alan Naber and in 1949 I was five years old and started my school life at Red Lion Road school. This is an account of how I saw life at that time with a few additions from other students I am still in ...Read more

A memory of Tolworth by oldcyclist

We moved from Southampton to Trefriw on 5th November 1973. Mum & Dad bought the house 'Llys Llewelyn' opposite the village hall, Mrs Williams' Hair Salon (Harold Gas' wife) and the dreaded entrance to the coal yard. They ...Read more

A memory of Trefriw in 1973 by Andy Philpott

I used to live on Lucy Hall Drive and well remember walking/biking over Baildon Moors to Ilkley Moors. If you lived in the area, the trip on The Glen Railway was free. I loved the sound of the metal cable supports ...Read more

A memory of Baildon by W Howard

I was one year old when we moved to Kirkdale, that was 1956, we moved to 82 Brasenose Road from Huyton with Roby so all my childhood memories were about growing up in Kirkdale. We had nothing but we were happy. There was ...Read more

A memory of Liverpool in 1960 by Patricia Johnson

My earliest memory of Mitcham was when the fair came to Mitcham Common. The noise, shouting, music and smells were so exciting to a nine year old. The whole world seemed to be happy then...we had a new Queen on ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1953 by Jacqueline Lamberton